vexed question

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A similar query arises when the author comes to the vexed question of how, and if, a diarist’s confidential work should be preserved.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

This vexed question is why the proceedings of the Bank's nine member Monetary Policy Committee were so close and even involved an unprecedented second vote.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025

Those recommendations would cover "identifying and expanding sources of funding" - referring to the vexed question of which countries should pay into the new fund.

From Reuters • Nov. 19, 2022

In his 1926 book, “The Game of Squash Rackets,” Charles Arnold, a prominent coach and player at the time, observed with typical British understatement that “the ball is a very vexed question in squash.”

From New York Times • May 4, 2022

The Draper Government made a further attempt to settle the vexed question in 1846.

From Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada by Putnam, J. Harold