Issue and Lead

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Issue verb - To produce and release for distribution in printed form.

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Lead and issue are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead a verb "Issue".

Nearby Words: issued, issuing, issuance, issuer

Lead verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.

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Issue and lead are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Issue" instead a verb "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

particular	particular issue	particular lead
common	common issue	common lead
certain	certain issue	certain lead
current	current issue	current lead
Other adjectives: original, single, obvious, actual, entire, real, big, huge, little, main, important, new, early, hot, possible, primary, comic, previous.

His issue was that he tended to build 40 foot tall robots and similar oversized items which got a lot of attention, which tended to lead to his defeat.

Source: Literature / Soon I Will Be Invincible
This has even lead to a bizarre licensing issue where both Fox and Marvel Studios have film rights to the characters.

Source: Never Live It Down / Comic Books
Actual — if not-permanent — death isn't an issue until your lead character is an adult.

Source: Infant Immortality / Video Games

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