open question

noun

: a matter or problem that is being discussed but to which the answer is not yet known
Whether voters will support him remains an open question.

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For Starbucks and new CEO Brian Niccol, what to do in China is an open question. Matthew J. Belvedere,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024 Whether Tesla is anywhere close to completing its push to develop the technology needed to do so, however, remains an open question. Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024 One open question, however, is whether study participants benefited simply from having a therapist to talk to or specifically from the therapy approaches used with CBT, Nourbakhsh says. Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 17 Oct. 2024 But there's an open question too about what role former First Lady Michelle Obama might play in these final days. NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for open question 

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“Open question.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20question. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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