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- noun Plural form of
drawback .
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Examples
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So if the present problems with the Keystone pipeline are not enough, the long-term drawbacks should tip the scales towards having cold feet.
Christopher F. Jones: An Oil Sand Marriage? Christopher F. Jones 2012
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For the publisher and author it seems to have certain drawbacks (pricing and copyright protection) but the whole eBook market is in a state of uncertainty.
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So if the present problems with the Keystone pipeline are not enough, the long-term drawbacks should tip the scales towards having cold feet.
Christopher F. Jones: An Oil Sand Marriage? Christopher F. Jones 2012
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Heck, pretty much the only named mutant without any seeming drawbacks is the only one you knew previously: Gareth Talone, alias Bronze.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Wings’ Second Review Forum 2009
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For the publisher and author it seems to have certain drawbacks (pricing and copyright protection) but the whole eBook market is in a state of uncertainty.
My Kindle, a review 2010
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So if the present problems with the Keystone pipeline are not enough, the long-term drawbacks should tip the scales towards having cold feet.
Christopher F. Jones: An Oil Sand Marriage? Christopher F. Jones 2012
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For the publisher and author it seems to have certain drawbacks (pricing and copyright protection) but the whole eBook market is in a state of uncertainty.
My Kindle, a review 2010
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While there are longer-term drawbacks to a weaker currency, inflation isn't a top concern right now.
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As a business model, being No. 1 in Kazakhstan or king of the powder keg in Nigeria has more long-term drawbacks than the uncertainties of biofuels.
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Longer-term drawbacks were not much in the mind of the medieval and renaissance mariners who would make their living exploiting ships' capabilities.
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