controversial issue

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But S&P’s move to keep profitability requirements avoids the most controversial issue, and maintains existing criteria for the most-popular U.S. index.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Not all scientists agree on what has become a controversial issue.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

“Yes, it was a controversial issue, for some because of the whole female pastor concept, but just as many who thought I was too conservative,” Popham recalled.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2023

I know it’s a controversial issue within law enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2023

This proposition is undisputed so far as questions of law are concerned, but the extent to which the courts should and will go in reviewing determinations of fact has been a highly controversial issue.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel