crucial question

collocation in English

meaningsofcrucialandquestion

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crucial
adjective
uk
/ˈkruː.ʃəl/us
/ˈkruː.ʃəl/
extremely important ...
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question
noun
uk
/ˈkwes.tʃən/us
/ˈkwes.tʃən/
a sentence or phrase used to find ...
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(Definition ofcrucialandquestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcrucial question

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This was thecrucialquestion.
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One potentiallycrucialquestionremains unresolved, though.
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Thecrucialquestionis the outcome for the stock.
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Acrucialquestion, though, is how exactly we should construe the normativity here.
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Thecrucialquestionis whether monkeys can decline trials that present indeterminate stimulus disparities.
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Thecrucialquestion, of course, is what might the correlation mean inferentially?
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Thecrucialquestionis whether sign language can function as the linguistic basis of reading development.
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Thecrucialquestionwas simply how the political vacuum might be filled.
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Thecrucialquestionis what happens with words in which children cannot readily depend on analogy.
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But perhaps thecrucialquestionis whether an authorless customary norm could ever enjoy legitimate authority.
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This is acrucialquestionfor the analysis of the information.
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Acrucialquestionis that of the historical depth of the sagas connected with prehistoric burial monuments.
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But acrucialquestionremains: why have the extended negative concord forms not been adopted by all the varieties?
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Acrucialquestionfor development agencies and conservationists is: when will economic development worsen threats to natural resources?
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This opens up thecrucialquestionof how such books were read and how they were used in the kitchen.
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In either case, thecrucialquestionis whether he remains in that state or grows out of it.
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Thecrucialquestion, therefore, is whether the fair copy accurately represents the contents of the record kept during sittings.
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Therefore, acrucialquestionis whether there is a trade-off between rural development and forest conservation.
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Acrucialquestionfor performance research - perhaps the question - may be 'why is a performance boring' or not.
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In the literature on congressional electoral competition, thecrucialquestionof how incumbent campaign spending affects electoral performance remains unanswered.
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