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issue

[ish-oo, is-yoo] / ˈɪʃ u, ˈɪs ju /


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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Sixty-one years later, on April 29, 2026, Anthony Liuzzo and Americans across the country witnessed six individuals, in one fell swoop, issue a binding opinion in Louisiana v.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Last season, with Stafford sidelined throughout camp because of a back issue, Bennett took second-team reps behind Garoppolo.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

However, he is not the first leader in recent years to pledge to address the issue of adult social care.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Faced with a personal issue at school, Kalin Lincoln used ChatGPT to tweak the tone of an “angry email” before sending it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

The issue was agrarian versus commercial sources of wealth.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“I have no background issues at all, criminally,” she said, saying her case was “erased after so many years.”

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

Yet a Gallup poll released last month finds support among U.S. adults for LGBTQ+ issues in decline.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

He battled constant issues with his car throughout the weekend but still put himself in the right position to inherit second when Piastri retired.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Polling from the last year suggests healthcare costs remain among the top issues for voters in the November midterms, alongside the rising cost of gas, groceries and housing.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

The gravest issues seem to have occurred among the partisans, the guerrilla resistance fighters on the German-occupied side of the front lines.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Most of them were issued by Cambridge City Council, which received about £83,000 from littering fines – 86% of the county's total.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Local authorities in Cambridgeshire have issued 889 fixed penalty notices for littering, according to Freedom of Information requests made by the BBC.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Klein, who issued two walks and gave up a single before the homer, said he’s been working to recapture the feeling of driving down the mound, as opposed to getting stuck over the rubber.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

Brown-Forman and a group of Brown family shareholders issued a joint statement brushing off Sazerac’s unsolicited proposal.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Austria issued an ultimatum—a list of demands—that, if accepted, would compromise Serbia’s independence.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

The models, operating largely free of U.S. government restrictions, patiently answered, issuing step-by-step instructions described by company employees as simple enough for a high-school biology student to follow.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

A secondary share sale sees existing shareholders sell stock to other investors, as opposed to a company issuing new shares.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Protesters are inviting soccer fans to join them in issuing referee-style red cards during the World Cup final.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

Weir and a small crew are sent on a recovery mission after the lost spaceship, the Event Horizon, suddenly reappears in orbit around Neptune, issuing a distress signal.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

After issuing orders to his remaining captains, Cluny, accompanied by a score of assorted rats, weasels, stoats and ferrets, crept off along the course of the ditch.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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