challenge
Example Sentences
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Following a public outcry, Nigeria's health ministry admitted there were "systemic challenges" and announced the creation of a national task force on "clinical governance and patient safety" to improve the quality of care.
From BBC
He is your father and, as challenging as he has been during your lifetime, you don’t wish him pain or discomfort.
From MarketWatch
“How physical they were, how they challenged people, how they competed.”
“Sadly, it appears that Finland has chosen a path that creates challenges for the capital-intense mining industry. Of course, I also expect that contractors will be negatively affected by the development.”
And that is the sort of thinking that might be necessary to transform the highly challenged economics of computing for the better.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.