Sentence examples for issue closest from inspiring English sources

But the issue closest to this country's heart is that of Nagorno-Karabakh, an area in its southwest where Armenian separatists formed an independent enclave in the 1990s.

No valid comparison was available for HGTV, which began publication in 2012 with the June/July issue (its February/March issue, closest to the time period being compared, was a test run).

It is a striking development in a city where identity politics are always complex: a white candidate muscling in on black support for a leading African-American candidate by claiming the mantle of the issue closest to the hearts of many black voters.

The grand dame of the White House press corps, who outlasted nine American presidential administrations – and Castro's rule – was finally forced to halt her determined, often opinion-laden questioning and into retirement this week over comments on the issue closest to her heart, the Middle East.

The last time I sat with George Habash three years ago in Damascus, we discussed for hours the issue closest to his heart, the difficult struggle for justice for those Palestinian refugees who had been expelled from their homes in 1948.

The issue closest to his heart was the longed-for defeat of Fascism in Spain, but once in exile from the Franco dictatorship, Casals never returned to his homeland, and during the civil war of 1936-39, he organized benefit concerts for victims on the Republican side.

I consider this issue closed.

This is an issue close to my heart.

The issue closed on Thursday at 72¾, up 1⅞.

After the mutual funds issue closed, Mr. Safian tore up the next issue completely.

President Bush might consider the Iraq-Niger nuclear issue closed, but that is not his choice.