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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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With gas in short supply, baking and cooking at home becomes an issue as well, Abu Ahmed Wafi, a 42-year-old displaced with his family in south Gaza, told AFP.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Supervisors track how customers rate her in post-call surveys and monitor her hold times and how long it takes her to resolve an issue.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

These issues are also not usually identified in surveys, meaning people may buy a home without realising it has an issue.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

But the “assimilation” camp’s actual issue is not an unwillingness to participate.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Yet some people felt divided on the issue of euthanasia.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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