a question of
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—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?
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Madeleine Ballard, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
Then, one day, Kenley had a question of her own.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
The lawfulness of an order is a question of law to be deter¬ mined by the military judge.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
There had been a question of how a prediction market could attract liquidity to thousands of individual parlays requested by bettors.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 19 Nov. 2025
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