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issue

noun as in point in question

noun as in result

noun as in edition of publication

Strongest match

noun as in distribution

noun as in children

verb as in emit, emerge; come from

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Example Sentences

Patients are frequently walk-ins with an immediate issue like a toothache or neighbors who want a dentist closer to home, he said.

According to the two county officials, emergency management staffers said they were not told to issue an evacuation order until shortly before the 3:30 a.m. alert went out.

Insurance coverage has emerged as one of the highest-profile issues in the immediate wake of the fires.

“We need to progress on this issue,” he said.

Tackling this issue through changing the welfare system "is absolutely critical", White argued, because in order to " lift people out of poverty... they need to be in work".

From BBC

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When To Use

What are other ways to say issue?

The verb issue is often used of a number of persons, a mass of matter, or a volume of smoke, sound, or the like, coming forth through any outlet or outlets: The crowd issued from the building. Emerge is used of coming forth from a place shut off from view, or from concealment, or the like, into sight and notice: The sun emerges from behind the clouds. Emanate is used of intangible things, as light or ideas, spreading from a source: Rumors often emanate from irresponsible persons.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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