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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But how, and if, Mamdani could expand free buses to the city’s hundreds of bus lines and coax state officials into agreeing to it has remained an open question.
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
Those timelines were often an open question to county officials that have been working overtime to finish the decadelong property tax upgrade.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
Vance, who has already secured an endorsement from Turning Point USA’s Erika Kirk without having announced a run yet, has largely been seen by vocal politicos as an heir to Trump, but there is an open question over who could take what spot on the ticket.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 7 Feb. 2026
Given the recent tech selloffs and nervousness among investors and diminishing performance gains with each new AI model release, that seems to still be an open question.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 Feb. 2026
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
Those timelines were often an open question to county officials that have been working overtime to finish the decadelong property tax upgrade.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
Vance, who has already secured an endorsement from Turning Point USA’s Erika Kirk without having announced a run yet, has largely been seen by vocal politicos as an heir to Trump, but there is an open question over who could take what spot on the ticket.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 7 Feb. 2026
Given the recent tech selloffs and nervousness among investors and diminishing performance gains with each new AI model release, that seems to still be an open question.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Open question.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20question. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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