How to Use take issue in a Sentence

take issue

idiomatic phrase
Definition of take issuenext
Synonyms for take issuenext
  • Indiana Jones may take issue with this, but the company doesn’t believe its collection belongs in a museum.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 17 July 2024
  • Many readers took issue with our focus on how declining fertility rates might weaken the U.S. economy.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
  • Davis is not the only person to take issue with how the forms have been filled out.
    — Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2022
  • And Miller, who is Jewish, took issue with that and called her a bigot.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Faith Pinho: And one fortuneteller in Azusa took issue with this ban.
    — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
  • Rubio isn't the first to take issue with this inquiry from reporters.
    — Sarah Gleason, USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
  • Hyde took issue that Moscoso failed to signal a safe or out call on the play at first and then wouldn’t meet with the other umpires for help.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The new report also takes issue with the fees awarded as part of the propulsion contracts.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 25 May 2023
  • Many of the comments take issue with the images in the ad, which show a lot of strife and combative expressions.
    — John Brandon, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Rosensweig took issue with Okamoto’s description of Chegg as a way to cheat.
    — Rachel Shin, Fortune, 12 July 2023
  • Republican critics object to the carrot side of the plan, while those across the aisle take issue with the stick.
    — Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2023
  • This is not the first time UMG has taken issue with machine learning.
    — Reece Rogers, WIRED, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Harford schools cannot change the nature or content of the course, which irked five of the board’s nine members, who took issue with the content. .
    — Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
  • But spice aisle giant McCormick & Co. took issue with the tongue-in-cheek sticker.
    — Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Lamar seemingly took issue with a lyric placing Cole, Drake and Lamar on the same level.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Here are my responses to those who took issue with my guidance.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
  • Other users took issue with the pins, citing their safety.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 13 July 2024
  • Rand took issue with Vidor’s film, which was maligned then but has since been reappraised.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 July 2024
  • Inequity at Home Still Exists While the response to the video was largely positive, many commenters took issue with the premise of the skit.
    — Evan Porter, Parents, 18 July 2024
  • Megan and Melody took issue with how Farmer Ty, 42, handled their respective breakups.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
  • Campus attorneys did not take issue with it and all their coaches – of men's and women's teams – were on board.
    — Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Texas coach Vic Schaefer didn’t take issue with Aaliyah Moore’s summer travel plans.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Users on social media took issue with the names of the other nominees being left out.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
  • City Councilor Erin Murphy, who is white and was not invited to the first party, took issue with the mayor's version of events.
    — Mickey Doyle, arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2023
  • McCormick took issue with other aspects of the package too.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 5 Feb. 2024
  • But where Spoelstra takes issue with the NBA’s crackdown on bench decorum is when common sense is removed from the equation.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But this isn’t just the fixation of those who take issue with the technical or legal reasoning of Roe.
    — Jess Coleman, The New Republic, 8 July 2022
  • Oher also took issue with the focus on the Tuohy family.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Citing excerpts of the book, Wu took issue with Mo’s characters in the Communist army who didn’t want to fight the Japanese.
    — Nectar Gan, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Frost, too, took issue with the fact that his GOP colleagues seek to elevate an election denier for speaker.
    — Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2023

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