come into question

idiom

: to cause doubts
The results of the study have come into question.

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Rumors about Xander’s professional reputation with his female colleagues come into question right when Danny hopes to make a major jump in her career. Emily Blackwood, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025 In 1975, Yale adopted a famous set of free-speech standards from a committee chaired by the historian C. Vann Woodward, but that regime had come into question by 1986, when a student was disciplined for mocking Gay and Lesbian Awareness Days. Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025 Her comments come as Johnson’s future as Speaker has suddenly come into question about two weeks before Republicans vote for their next leader, and with one GOP member — Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.) — already opposing Johnson, who has a razor-slim margin in the House. Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024 The severity of this talent need for major employers has come into question as of late, especially as many of the companies who have the highest volume of H-1B visa petition approvals also conducted layoffs over the last two years, according to the EPI report. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for come into question

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“Come into question.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20into%20question. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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