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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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“To me that’s a nightmare scenario, that one company can decide what questions we are allowed to ask and what is a security issue or not.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Five years later, the “American Economic Journal: Applied Economics” dedicated a quarterly issue to disappointing results from randomized evaluations of microfinance in six countries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

There are a couple of exemptions - if a player is injured or there are security concerns about where they can go off, though the latter should not be an issue at the World Cup.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“The issue with using this as a timing tool is that the market is up more than it is down,” he said.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

I’m honestly not sure what the core issue is.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell




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