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burning question

Idioms  

  1. An urgent or crucial issue under heated discussion. For example, Real estate taxes are always a burning question for the town leaders. This term has exact equivalents in French (question brûlante) and German (brennende Frage). [Mid-1800s]

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Travelers hunt for regional souvenirs, soothe their homesickness and investigate a burning question: Is the hot dog different?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

A burning question now is, when will the court rule?

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

How she would be received by the notoriously liberal Hollywood elite became a burning question.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2025

However, having reached the pinnacle of the sport he had dedicated his life to, Stona woke up one day with a burning question on his mind: what next?

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2024

After the clock repeated, “TEN TWIN-TEE-EIGHT PEE EM,” Genie asked another burning question.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

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