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issue

noun as in point in question

noun as in result

noun as in edition of publication

Strongest match

noun as in distribution

noun as in children

verb as in emit, emerge; come from

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Example Sentences

He was more explicit about this disparagement during an event in Pennsylvania earlier this year, when he charged that Biden “has got some big issues” because the former vice president is so often seen wearing a mask.

They want to pass good legislation, because it’s not just a political-messaging issue.

Among them, 61 percent said voter fraud is a major problem with voting by mail, with only 1 percent saying it’s not an issue at all.

If you run into any issues at the polls during early voting or on Election Day, ask a poll worker for help.

This tactic is now becoming more overt, and it is spreading to other issues.

But the tide was turning on this issue, an email from another constituent made clear.

Like many Americans—but few Republican presidential candidates—the former Florida governor has evolved on the issue.

The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.

“They are hypocritical on this very issue,” Shearer said about Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and other public officials.

In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?

The place was well defended by earthworks and natural parapets, and for several hours the issue of the contest was doubtful.

In one sense, then, the new issue has adequate expansibility for ordinary needs.

Accordingly, the question "How far does the note issue under the new system seem likely to prove an elastic one?"

From that region they issue to inflict diseases, especially blindness and deafness.

That—and no existing institution and no current issue—is the primary concern of the present age.

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When To Use

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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On this page you'll find 326 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to issue, such as: affair, argument, concern, controversy, matter, and point.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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