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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There seem to be a few things at issue here.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The complaint cites three separate advertising products at issue: Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands and Sponsored Display.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
The measure at issue, called the personal-consumption expenditures price index, tracks price changes across a broad basket of the things consumers spend money on, from clothing to housing and insurance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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
The principle at issue was straightforward: natural facts must be replicable and reproducible if they are to count as facts at all.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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