at issue

1. In question, under discussion; also, to be decided. For example, Who will pay for the refreshments was the point at issue . [Early 1800s]

2. 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

What’s at issue is something called the 39% rule, which is the limit set by current FCC rules for the percentage of households one broadcast company is allowed to reach in the U.S.

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Any attempt to do so in Comey’s case could face complications, former prosecutors and other legal experts said, because the five-year statute of limitations has now passed on the statement to Congress at issue.

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At issue are home listing policies specific to the two companies.

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What’s at issue is something called the 39% rule, which is the limit set by current FCC rules for the percentage of households one broadcast company is allowed to reach in the United States.

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At issue was the definition of the market that Meta was allegedly monopolizing.

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Related Words

• debatable 
• problematic 
• unresolved 
• unsettled