direct question

noun

a question asked in direct speech, such as Why did you come? Compare indirect question

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“Grow up, Guy Pearce. You are not a victim,” the two-time Oscar winner wrote Tuesday on X, where he also posted a video responding to Pearce’s answers to a direct question on a recent podcast.

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Porter sat next to her attorney with her hands folded in her lap, speaking only when the judge asked her a direct question.

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“If you ask her a direct question, she’ll give you a direct answer.”

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He did not respond to a direct question about how much it cost, but said the amounts being "bandied around are ridiculous".

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After all we have learned and seen, and all of the questions we might ask of Trump supporters, perhaps only one simple and direct question truly matters now:

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