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]
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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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The complaint cites three separate advertising products at issue: Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands and Sponsored Display.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Company officials also told investors and analysts that these steps would enable Bally’s to satisfy the liquidity and leverage requirements at issue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The Associated Press reported that the agreement “does not include an admission of fault or liability but says the county has ended the program at issue and has no intention of reactivating it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
It added that the model behaviour at issue amounted to "a small number of events under very specific conditions".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
But believing in one another was not really at issue anymore.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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