Example sentences for: chicken-and-egg

How can you use “chicken-and-egg” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Public-key key exchange gets the secret key to its destination safely, avoiding the chicken-and-egg problem of having to share a secret key already in order to share another key secretly.

  • Halford & Anderson [ 30 ] gave an excellent answer to this chicken-and-egg conundrum: "It is considered that the causal relationship between these psychological variables and tinnitus severity is likely to be bi-directional."

  • But there is a chicken-and-egg context--the Times goes on to explain that Pakistan says it will sign only if the U.S. lifts the economic sanctions imposed on Pakistan and India after their surprise nuclear tests last May, but that the U.S. will not do so until Pakistan makes a formal decision to not test its nukes.

  • In addition, people with greater cognitive reserve may choose mentally stimulating leisure activities and jobs, leading to a chicken-and-egg dilemma for the interpretation of the relationship between mentally stimulating activities in adulthood and dementia risk.


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