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• Choosing speed over security in the new application involves a major [trade-off conversation / olive branch / hill to die on] regarding our architecture.
• [Frankly / Ironically / Understandably] , our cloud costs in Oregon have exceeded our annual budget.
• [Ironically / Tellingly / Understandably] , fixing the memory leak made the legacy application run slower.
• [Tellingly / Frankly / Technically speaking] , none of the senior architects signed the deployment authorization in Boston.
• [Understandably / Ironically / Technically speaking] , the stakeholders want a demonstration before funding the project in New York.
• [Technically speaking / From a legal standpoint / Frankly] , the database engine supports this feature only in version 15.
• During the dispute in Seattle, Rachel decided to [level with someone / choose your battles / concede the point] about the true state of the codebase.
• You must learn to [choose your battles / fall on your sword / stake your reputation on] when negotiating features with demanding stakeholders in Chicago.
• Arguing over indentation style is certainly not a [hill to die on / yes-man / executive whim] during the code review.
• After reviewing the benchmark results in Austin, Kevin had to [concede the point / dig in their heels / speak truth to power] regarding memory consumption.
• The revised architecture proposal included [face-saving / unpopular opinion / trade-off conversation] measures for the previous development team in London.
• Management offered an [olive branch / executive whim / reality check] by granting the engineering team extra time off after the launch.

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