crucial question

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A US submarine this week torpedoing an Iranian warship during the Middle East conflict raised the crucial question of who controls the seas during wartime.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

But the crucial question of who fired the recovered weapon remains an open one.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

Iran says talks are set for later this week in Turkey, though the crucial question is what is left to talk about?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

They should cede no ground on this crucial question — and, generally speaking, they are not.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2024

A crucial question is whether technological innovation is so dependent on rare inventor-geniuses, and on many idiosyncratic cultural factors, as to defy an understanding of world patterns.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond