vexed question

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A similar query arises when the author comes to the vexed question of how, and if, a diarist’s confidential work should be preserved.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

This vexed question is why the proceedings of the Bank's nine member Monetary Policy Committee were so close and even involved an unprecedented second vote.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025

How business leaders should engage with politics is a vexed question, especially in these febrile times.

From New York Times • May 12, 2023

Those recommendations would cover "identifying and expanding sources of funding" - referring to the vexed question of which countries should pay into the new fund.

From Reuters • Nov. 19, 2022

Bad luck to the gardener's shears which had abbreviated that experiment and enveloped the vexed question again in darkness.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey