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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Synonym of million-dollar question.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dated
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Synonyms: million-dollar question
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the American radio quiz show The $64 Question (1950-52), based on cultural and linguistic antecedents as discussed at million-dollar question.
