How to Use open question in a Sentence

open question

noun
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  • What form that death takes is an open question for the show.
    — Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 26 May 2023
  • Whether the peace can hold in the coming months is an open question.
    — Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • When the next election will take place is an open question.
    — Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Who’ll pick up the work that the striking workers won’t do is an open question.
    — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
  • Whether that’s enough to keep the show relevant is an open question.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Whether that anger will still burn as strongly in four months is an open question.
    — Nik Popli, TIME, 9 May 2024
  • Whether the voice belonged to Mrs. Bryant remains an open question.
    — Margalit Fox, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • But what being British means these days is an open question.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The full impact on the state’s health care system from the new rule on nursing homes is still an open question.
    — Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Whether that strategy will work over the long haul is an open question.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 July 2023
  • How El Niño will change with global warming is a big and open question.
    — CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • But how far the U.S. and China are willing to go remains an open question.
    — Sara Schonhardt, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Whether India can be counted on to support the U.S. is an open question.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2023
  • How such squabbles might be resolved, of course, is still an open question.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Whether Ohtani remains an Angel for two more months, or the rest of his career, is an open question.
    — Scott Miller, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Whether viewers tune out because Mr. Sajak isn’t on the stage is an open question.
    — John Koblin, New York Times, 29 June 2023
  • Whether Bennett will return to the Rams remains an open question.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
  • But in the Antelope Valley, that’s still an open question.
    — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2023
  • There had been an open question of whether jurors would hear the tapes of Ellison’s remarks.
    — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The ultimate outcome of the case remained an open question.
    — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • How that translates to major league pitching is an open question.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • But whether Barbera will stay on after the fest’s 2024 edition is indeed an open question.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
  • An open question is whether that reflects recognition of Ukraine's need for help -- or the fact that further aid has been blocked in Congress.
    — Gary Langer, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2024
  • This is an open question, a NASA safety engineer tells us.
    — Matthew Beddingfield, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2023
  • What that means for Arlington’s coffers, though, is an open question.
    — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2023
  • So how—and whether—these standards will promote peer support for 988 state-by-state remains an open question, Saubers said.
    — Eli Cahan, ABC News, 17 July 2023
  • Whether Orsted would be willing, or welcome, to bid again after halting two big projects is an open question.
    — Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The biggest open question is who will play their rival, the bursting-with-muscle Abby, and how the two of them will feel squaring off in combat.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • How much those endorsements will help or hurt remains an open question.
    — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Whether the new firm is indeed able to pin down similar benefits is an open question.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2023

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