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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Its legality is an open question before the Supreme Court. Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 7 Aug. 2025 But whether the buttoned-up or conciliatory responses are the right tack is still an open question. Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025 The best method for tuning agentic AI models to tackle complicated or niche use cases—whether through human feedback, synthetic data, some combination, or new techniques yet to be discovered—remains an open question. IEEE Spectrum, 1 Aug. 2025 But whether the state continues to get more conservative, or shifts back to be more competitive, is an open question that could determine how far Republicans can go. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for open question

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“Open question.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20question. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.

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