at issue

Idioms

In question, under discussion; also, to be decided. For example, Who will pay for the refreshments was the point at issue . [Early 1800s]
In conflict, in disagreement, as in Physicians are still at issue over the appropriate use of hormone therapy . This usage, from legal terminology, was defined by Sir William Blackstone ( Commentaries on the Laws of England , 1768), who said that when a point is affirmed by one side and denied by the other, “they are then said to be at issue .”

Example Sentences

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During the action, the exits at issue dropped from an average of 200 a month to 100 a month.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

What was at issue is whether the FCC is allowed to change the rules on its own.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Meta said it would label the video at issue within seven days.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor hasn’t commented on the files at issue here.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

"Roose Bolton may not agree. Not with land at issue."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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