Researchers frequently encounter chicken and egg questions when trying to determine causality between two correlated factors.

Journalists often face chicken-and-egg questions when reporting on whether technology drives social change or vice versa.

The smell of rotten-egg gas made everyone leave the basement immediately.

The scientist smiled and said it was a chicken or egg question whether the innovation sparked the culture or vice versa.

Deciding whether to invest in training new hires before upgrading systems is a classic chicken-and-egg problem for the company.

She wrapped the gift in robin egg blue paper and tied it with a silver ribbon.

Some writers use American hand-egg as a playful alternative to American football.

I treated myself to an egg custard tart after lunch and savored every creamy bite.

Deciding which process to automate first became a real chicken and egg question for the engineering team.

For our nonprofit, whether to fundraise first or expand programs is a genuine chicken-and-egg question.