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English word

issue

B1Academic AWL-1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ˈɪʃuː/US /ˈɪʃuː/
noun

an important topic that people are discussing or arguing about

verb

to make something known formally

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So now that the employment issue has been solved, let's talk about more important things.

Akio Toyoda at Babson's Centennial Commencement (2019)

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And competition was another issue.

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Russia's illegal aggression against Ukraine, and many types of strife and conflict—not to mention the interconnected world of globalization, the urgent climate crisis, due to transboundary issues and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

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