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  1. noun The act or an instance of flowing, passing, or giving out.
  2. noun The act of circulating, distributing, or publishing by an office or official group: government issue of new bonds.
  3. noun Something produced, published, or offered, as:
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  • State Sen. Greg Ryberg, a Republican who is close to Mr. Sanford, said the issue was a —  WSJ.com: What's News US
  • Also featured in this issue is a preview of a newly stylized version of the original Super Dimension Fortress Macross manga showing the partially nude tsundere alien —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • If that was what this issue is about, it could have been settled a long time ago, but that's not what it's about. —  Gay/Lesbian Forum
  • If we recognize that the issue was at least as much about maintaining the Church's authority, we have to concede some (Machiavellian) rationality in the papal position, however repugnant the motives. —  homunculus
  • Johnson said he felt the issue should be addressed when Pawlenty is up for re-election in —  Marshall Independent
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  1. Middle English, from Old French eissue, issue, from Vulgar Latin *exūta, alteration of Latin exita, feminine past participle of exīre, to go out : ex-, ex- + īre, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English issue, issu, isshue, ischewe, yssewe, from Old French issue, eissue, essue, French issue, a going out, egress, outlet, final event, from issu, past participle of issir, eisser, from Latin exire, go out: see exit. Cf. ish. The noun is in later senses partly from the verb.
  2. from Middle English issuen, yssuen; from issue, n.
 

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