a question of

idiom

used to say that one thing results from or requires another
"I can't go!" "If it's just a question of money, I can let you borrow some."
It's only a question of time before/until we catch him.
Is success all just a question of being in the right place at the right time?

Examples of a question of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One of the lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic should have been that controlling an infectious disease isn’t just a question of having diagnostic tests, treatments, and vaccines. Céline Gounder, STAT, 17 May 2024 How the Vice President discharges this constitutional obligation is not a question of his loyalty to the President …. Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024 The season ends with a question of whether Mitzi will stay in Palm Beach and realize her dream of being a mom, or move to New York to pursue her modeling career. Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2024 The only problem was Verstappen, who reduced last year’s Formula 1 season to a question of who was finishing second, and is threatening to do so again this year, the world’s best driver with the world’s best Formula 1 car with the world’s best Formula 1 team. Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 May 2024 Love of country thus becomes a question of love or country. Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024 Turns out this gender gap is more a question of culture and experience than of innate ability. Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2024 This is not a question of whether the vaccine works. Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024 Why Congress, in passing the 14th Amendment, did not go further to ban all felons from the presidency is a question of political will, Wehle said. David Nakamura, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024

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“A question of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20question%20of. Accessed 23 May. 2024.

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