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issue

[ish-oo, is-yoo] / ˈɪʃ u, ˈɪs yu /


NOUN
edition of publication
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Usage

What are other ways to say issue? The verb issue is often used of a number of persons, a mass of matter, or a volume of smoke, sound, or the like, coming forth through any outlet or outlets: The crowd issued from the building. Emerge is used of coming forth from a place shut off from view, or from concealment, or the like, into sight and notice: The sun emerges from behind the clouds. Emanate is used of intangible things, as light or ideas, spreading from a source: Rumors often emanate from irresponsible persons.

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“It’s really important at this moment that the House act to expel these men who have been seriously and credibly accused of wrongdoing,” said McGehee, a former executive director of the ethics watchdog Issue One.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

That amounts to some $330,000 per day that Congress was in session, according to Issue One, an organization that advocates reducing money in politics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

She is also editor-in-chief of the weekly Aon CNS Cyber Brief and co-author, with Julian Zelizer, of the new book "Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a National Security Issue."

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2025

But Catherine Parsons, who oversees the Big Issue's specialist employability service Big Issue Recruit, said that "scare tactics" would only exacerbate Britain's worker shortages.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

Issue 3: Even if I do go ahead with the bar mitzvah, who’d come?

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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