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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a make-or-break issue" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or decision that is critical to the success or failure of a project, relationship, or situation.
Example: "The funding for this project is a make-or-break issue; without it, we won't be able to move forward."
Alternatives: "a critical issue" or "a decisive factor".
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Afghanistan is a make-or-break issue for NATO.
But command of policy is not a make-or-break issue.
"Members frequently say the cost of energy is a make-or-break issue," he says.
With water and land, energy has become a make-or-break issue.
By making settlements a make-or-break issue, it has begun on the right foot.
Ray Valdes, an analyst at Gartner, said this slowdown was not a make-or-break issue ahead of the company's public offering, which could come in the spring.
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Atlanta - AS the Iraqis turn their focus from holding elections to writing a constitution, the make-or-break issue for their nation may be the city of Kirkuk.
As the latest push to reunite the island reached a critical juncture, Nicos Anastasiades and Mustafa Akıncı moved to the make-or-break issue of territorial trade-offs in an envisioned two-state federation.
"Debt is the make-or-break issue for Iraq".
Both sides agree that minimums are the make-or-break issue.
Iran is the make-or-break issue for the broader trans-Atlantic relationship.
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