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The phrase "a provocative question" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a question that is intended to elicit a strong reaction or stimulate discussion.
Example: "During the debate, she posed a provocative question that challenged everyone's assumptions about the topic."
Alternatives: "a challenging question" or "a stimulating question".
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KdG: Finally, a provocative question.
Raising a provocative question is our way of starting an interesting discussion.
Naturally, given such a provocative question, blood begins bulging in your manly part".
While marketisation in this way probably takes things too far, it's a provocative question.
"That's a provocative question," Mr. Thursfield said in an interview this week.
Michael Specter poses a provocative question: "Where will synthetic biology lead us?" ("A Life of Its Own," September 28th).
A report released today by Climate Central asks a provocative question: Can United States carbon emissions keep falling?
Bell's book begins with a provocative question: Are Christians required to believe that Gandhi is in hell for being Hindu?
Farage made his remarks about HIV after his interviewer, Robert Chalmers, asked a provocative question about Zimbabweans travelling to Britain.
Asking "What do you think it would look like if we'd left the Tories alone in Whitehall for three years?" was a provocative question.
Such bold moves prompt a provocative question: when does regulating a person's habits in the name of good health become our moral and social duty?
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