key question

collocation in English

meaningsofkeyandquestion

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key
adjective
uk
/kiː/us
/kiː/
very important and having a lot of influence on other people ...
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question
noun
uk
/ˈkwes.tʃən/us
/ˈkwes.tʃən/
a sentence or phrase used to find ...
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(Definition ofkeyandquestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofkey question

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This is thekeyquestion.
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This propounds thekeyquestionof stability.
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But thekeyquestionremains open.
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He pays little attention to thekeyquestionof initiative.
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This is thekeyquestionaddressed by this paper.
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So akeyquestionis putatively why it exists.
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And akeyquestionis choices for whom?
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Thekeyquestionis whether still better algorithms are possible.
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The representation of secondary articulations is akeyquestion.
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Here, thekeyquestionis how the text, the reader's experiences, and external factors interact.
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Akeyquestion, therefore, is just what happens to language learning as we get older.
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Akeyquestionis whether these assessment influence health policy and practice.
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Thekeyquestionhere concerns the permissible surface orders in sentences with multiple left extrapositions.
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Thekeyquestionis whether imagination in general is an active process.
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Why government responded to this request forms akeyquestionthat this article seeks to explain.
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Thekeyquestionwas whether it was, in the end, allowed to stand by itself.
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Thekeyquestionhere is: should being in the body make a difference?
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Akeyquestionthat this literature has not yet resolved, however, is that of race.
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Akeyquestionfor programmers is whether a program is correct according to their intended interpretation.
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Unfortunately, this approach leaves akeyquestionunaddressed: what happens after the critical election?
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Akeyquestiontherefore is the magnitude of the costs caused by adverse selection.
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This is, of course, akeyquestionfor those who advocate more housingwith-care schemes.
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Therefore, thekeyquestionis who will and under what conditions.
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Akeyquestionis how is this process of reconciliation best achieved?
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Akeyquestionis to determine how well the beam parameters can be controlled.
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