knotty question
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The knotty question is what to do next.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 15, 2022
It is an eternally knotty question, but one that is stymied by the structure of the book.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2022
“Truth” in memoir is a knotty question to begin with, but at evangelical publishing houses, there’s an extra layer of complexity.
From Slate • Jul. 9, 2019
Specifics are under wraps, but the episode seems centred around a big, knotty question: if someone’s essence can be transplanted into a mechanised clone, where do we end and robots begin?
From The Guardian • Jun. 1, 2019
I suppose she did not succeed, as her sister continued, emphasizing each word clearly, "Mr. Hardcash has not a penny," as if that at once explained the knotty question.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various
