open question
noun
: a matter or problem that is being discussed but to which the answer is not yet known
Whether voters will support him remains an open question.
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While about 40% of employers expect to cut their workforces in response to AI automating tasks, how much is an open question.
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Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
Whether the talks succeed remains an open question — and Mideast nations fear their collapse could plunge the region into another regional war.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
But how, and if, Mamdani could expand free buses to the city’s hundreds of bus lines and coax state officials into agreeing to it has remained an open question.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
Those timelines were often an open question to county officials that have been working overtime to finish the decadelong property tax upgrade.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
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Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
Whether the talks succeed remains an open question — and Mideast nations fear their collapse could plunge the region into another regional war.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
But how, and if, Mamdani could expand free buses to the city’s hundreds of bus lines and coax state officials into agreeing to it has remained an open question.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
Those timelines were often an open question to county officials that have been working overtime to finish the decadelong property tax upgrade.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Open question.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20question. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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