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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a close question" is not correct in standard English; the correct expression is "a close call" or "a close question" in specific contexts.
It can be used when discussing a situation where the outcome is uncertain or very similar between two options, often in decision-making scenarios.
Example: "The election results were so tight that it was truly a close question as to who would win."
Alternatives: "a tight question" or "a narrow question".
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Turns out that's a close question.
Whether Slickcraft is suggestive or descriptive is a close question.
Mr. Liu's nomination should not be a close question.
It is a close question; perhaps you could argue that he denied the conjunction of the three verbs.
The focus of this Essay is not upon whether the result itself is on balance justified, which I urge is indeed a close question.
The central issue of "substantial similarity," which can be considered a close question of fact, may also validly be decided as a question of law.
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The standing of the House Republicans to carry on the litigation seems a closer question.
10.32 A closing question to each candidate: what fundamental question should each answer to prove that they are worthy of being president?
A Justice Department brief from 1993 argues that the president can certainly make appointments during recesses of three days or longer; shorter than that and "a closer question" is raised.
132 F.2d 837, 147 A.L.R. 240, presented a closer question since the 'detail' which St. Pierre was required to divulge would identify a person without whose testimony St. Pierre could not have been convicted of a crime.
"What, me worry?" Economics are a closer question among millennials.
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