pressing question

collocation in English

meaningsofpressingandquestion

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pressing
adjective
uk
/ˈpres.ɪŋ/us
/ˈpres.ɪŋ/
urgent or needing to be dealt ...
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question
noun
uk
/ˈkwes.tʃən/us
/ˈkwes.tʃən/
a sentence or phrase used to find ...
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(Definition ofpressingandquestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpressing question

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Apressingquestionis, how can older people live their longer lives positively and to the full?
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This begs apressingquestion: can diversity of opinion be maintained in discussion networks (and if so how)?
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This, to me, is apressingquestion.
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I should like to finish with apressingquestion.
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The immediatepressingquestionarises from the labour problem.
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Is not this becoming a ratherpressingquestion?
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The secondpressingquestionis that of credit facilities.
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That is the mostpressingquestionof the hour.
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The morepressingquestion, however, is why one might consider bunched typing at all, rather than what the general situation is.
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Thepressingquestionis whether manipulating these levers, as it has done in the past, is in the long-term interests of the government.
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There was also thepressingquestionof what constitutes a city, how cities might work today, and how buildings might (or might not) be integrated within them.
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From a practicing teacher s point of view, the mostpressingquestionrelated to motivation is not what motivation is but rather how it can be increased.
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First, the mostpressingquestionrelates to the cost of maintaining the taxonomies of the domain ontology when there are novel concepts that need to be incorporated.
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Apressingquestionis whether, given these individual opinions and votes, we can define group issue opinions consistent (by some given rule) with a group choice of representative.
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This brings me to the morepressingquestionof our short-term policy.
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Another and morepressingquestionis raised by what are sometimes called the grey areas.
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There is at least one mostpressingquestionwhich is facing the shipbuilding industry at present.
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Was it thepressingquestionof the day in any of the discussions?
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Probably everyone will admit that the trade balance is the mostpressingquestion.
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Thepressingquestionis one of how, or to what extent, the 'near embrace' of 'entertainment' can reflect back on itself as a form of auto-critique, 'cynical reason' included.
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Thepressingquestionthus facing future agroindustrialization and development is how best to stimulate increased agricultural production to satisfy burgeoning commercial consumer demand without further degrading the natural environment.
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It is a verypressingquestion, and ought to be taken up and settled without any unnecessary delay.
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That is the vital andpressingquestionof the immediate future, so far as home affairs are concerned.
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Apressingquestionfor us is how to regulate body piercing businesses in the face of those possible risks.
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