burning question
Example Sentences
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This past week’s anemic employment report rekindled a burning question for the U.S. economy: How many new jobs does it actually need?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Tuchel will rightly say Uruguay and Japan are the tough tests England required to tune up for the World Cup, but the burning question is still the same and has not been answered.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
A burning question now is, when will the court rule?
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
I think that leaves us with the burning question you and I are now asking every week: Are the justices really that naive and credulous?
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025
He's walking away from me, and I try to stand my ground, but then finally chase after him up the steps to school, because I've got a burning question.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
