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nounquestion of time (uncountable)
- uncountableSynonym of matter of time.
Experience suggests that once this phase has been reached it is merely a question of time until the views now held by the intellectuals become the governing force of politics.
1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 417Synonyms: matter of time
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nounSynonym of matter of time.
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