vexing issue

collocation in English

meaningsofvexingandissue

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vexing
adjective
uk
/ˈvek.sɪŋ/us
/ˈvek.sɪŋ/
annoying, worrying, or causing ...
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issue
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪʃ.uː/us
/ˈɪʃ.uː/
a subject or problem that people are thinking and ...
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(Definition ofvexingandissuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvexing issue

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However, the interpretation of our findings raises avexingissue.
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Indeed, verification that a particular emotional state has been elicited in an individual is avexingissuein affective science.
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As elsewhere, this remains a vexed andvexingissuewhich is hard to address.
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The second concern leads to thevexingissueof learner orientation.
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First, however, thevexingissueof the definition and identification of such chunks, which also figures prominently in the discussion of formulaic language, will be briefly summarized.
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A third strand is thevexingissueof ethics and foreign policy.
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This is a thoroughlyvexingissueand many people, including myself, get excited at the aesthetic vandalism that takes place.
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My second point refers to thevexingissueof remuneration.
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The treatment of these has long been avexingissue, and catalogs vary greatly on whether to list the stamps.
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Inscriptions on the bridge were anothervexingissue.
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