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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The open question—and the one that will shape whether the megamanager era is remembered as a productivity breakthrough or a management crisis—is whether the supervisors still standing can pull off the same trick.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
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How medicine embraces any of this is an open question.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
Proserpio says the degree to which these technologies could unlearn the biases at all remains an open question.
—Amancai Biraben, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
In multiple interviews following the horror series’ finale, Boston floated both anthology and continuation ideas — leaving the show’s future an open question.
—Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
How medicine embraces any of this is an open question.
—Alexandra Sifferlin, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Open question.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20question. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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