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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Klarna’s experiments show that deciphering which tasks are more suitable for humans, and which can be entrusted to machines, is an open question.
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Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Whether the party that had organized the event could harness any of that energy, however, was an open question.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
How these levies will fit in with Trump’s trade talks with those countries is an open question.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 15 July 2025
But whether the secondary tariffs would stop at countries like China and India is an open question.
—Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 15 July 2025
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Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Whether the party that had organized the event could harness any of that energy, however, was an open question.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
How these levies will fit in with Trump’s trade talks with those countries is an open question.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 15 July 2025
But whether the secondary tariffs would stop at countries like China and India is an open question.
—Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 15 July 2025
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“Open question.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20question. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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