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sticking point

noun

  1. a point, detail, or circumstance causing or likely to cause a stalemate or impasse:

    The bill would have gone through the Senate quickly but for one sticking point.



sticking point

noun

  1. a problem or point on which agreement cannot be reached, preventing progress from being made
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sticking point1

First recorded in 1820–30
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Even the question of how the royal party should enter the Abbey became a sticking point.

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The biggest sticking point to finalising a deal to sell the TikTok business, which is worth tens of billions of dollars, has always been securing Beijing's agreement.

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These restrictions have been a major sticking point between the two countries but they have also fuelled China's determination to invest in homegrown tech that is independent of the West.

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The “60 Minutes†interview became an unlikely sticking point.

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One remaining sticking point is how long you need to live there before having the right to request an assisted death.

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