puzzling question

collocation in English

meaningsofpuzzlingandquestion

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puzzling
adjective
uk
/ˈpʌz.əl.ɪŋ/us
/ˈpʌz.əl.ɪŋ/
difficult to explain ...
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question
noun
uk
/ˈkwes.tʃən/us
/ˈkwes.tʃən/
a sentence or phrase used to find ...
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(Definition ofpuzzlingandquestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpuzzling question

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If we do not distinguish between senses of 'ought', this is apuzzlingquestion.
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This is the book's mostpuzzlingquestion.
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And this leaves us still with thepuzzlingquestionof what in ordinary life might be the counterpart of this orchestral presence.
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I hate to spoil the peaceful atmosphere of this debate, but he is asking a verypuzzlingquestion.
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I refer to the vexed andpuzzlingquestionof this indemnity to the banks.
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He said that was a verypuzzlingquestion.
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He also explained apuzzlingquestionon nomenclature: why does the same battle often have two names?
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Thus, there is thepuzzlingquestionof how long any interior active zone has to live.
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An awareness about your own identity can guide you to find answers to the many puzzling questions which are bound to confront you.
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There is a huge gap in time and in meaning, as well as a change of place, between the two citations; a gap which introduces two puzzling questions.
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At the same time, some equally interesting and puzzling questions in this area, such as wide individual differences in the pace and type of acquisition, remain basically unexplored.
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These are difficult and puzzling questions.
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In it, they describe observations which have produced some unexpected results raising puzzling questions about the origin and evolution of magnetic fields in young galaxies.
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The book asserts that a variety of otherwise puzzling questions can be answered once one allows for the effect that emotional drives, or animal spirits, have on economic factors.
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