How to Use context in a Sentence
context
noun
- We need to look at the event within the larger context of world history.
- We need to consider these events in context.
- The book puts these events in their proper historical and social contexts.
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Kim’s focus on Paik’s youth presents a bracing context for the work that would come.
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Hua Hsu,
The New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2023
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But there is also a broader election context to this Wisconsin race, and that’s what this column is about.
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Craig Gilbert,
Journal Sentinel,
29 Mar. 2023
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Following is an attempt to place my account into context after hearing from my parents and my wife.
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Yukio Mishima,
The New Yorker,
27 Oct. 2024
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Ripa puts these stories into context, pointing out that this type of treatment toward women was not unusual back then.
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Elizabeth Wagmeister,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2023
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All under the context that the clock is ticking on his father’s time in the NBA and hopes to play with his Bronny.
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Luca Evans,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2023
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Susan’s approach was very much a context specific, sophisticated sort of art angle on fashion.
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Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
30 Mar. 2023
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Our goal is to make participation feel natural and empowering for girls, in ways that respect and honor the cultural context.
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Ruhama Wolle,
Glamour,
4 Nov. 2024
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Newspapers with dedicated style sections, like The New York Times, offer context.
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Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes,
27 Oct. 2024
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This term was first used in the context of weather in The Times in 2012, describing a long, hot event in Greenland, melting a massive ice sheet.
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Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2023
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Meta’s licensing restrictions forbid using Llama in military contexts, but what’s the company going to do?
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Byandrew Nusca,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2024
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As such, fake images of the Pope wearing certain clothes outside these — or in countless other — contexts could cause offense, alarm or even mistrust within the Catholic community.
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Leah Dolan,
CNN,
28 Mar. 2023
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The context for this drought starts in the winter and spring.
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Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
17 Aug. 2022
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And now a new book is adding more context — and more logs to the fire.
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Barbara Vandenburgh,
USA TODAY,
8 July 2019
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Many things are done in the name of God and taken out of context.
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Michelle L. Quinn,
Post-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2017
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But critics bashed the agency for the lack of context in the tweet linking to the files.
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Adrianna Freedman,
Good Housekeeping,
8 Feb. 2023
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For some reason that’s funny in the context of the play.
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Dan Snierson,
EW.com,
31 Jan. 2020
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To put into context, that’s three years of fire loss for us in the span of about a week.
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Madison Dibble,
Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2020
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A lot of things that were said were taken out of context.
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Jo Yurcaba,
NBC News,
7 Nov. 2023
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But the courts have not ruled on this issue in context of the workplace.
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Johnny C. Taylor Jr.,
USA TODAY,
1 Apr. 2020
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The video comes from an unknown source and lacks any context.
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Christopher Sherman,
Star Tribune,
18 Aug. 2020
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For context, most parties take around three days to climb the route.
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Matt Skenazy,
Outside Online,
6 June 2018
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Here’s what to look for and ways to put the numbers into context.
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Adam Shell,
USA TODAY,
18 Apr. 2020
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But that doesn’t mean it can’t be done within the context of the offense.
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oregonlive.com,
19 July 2019
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Broberg dismisses them with a wave of the context wand.
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Kathryn Schulz,
The New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2023
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In a pop burger, the meat is subsidiary to its context.
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Peter Meehan,
Los Angeles Times,
18 July 2019
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There’s a lot of context missing from the raw numbers though.
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oregonlive,
17 Sep. 2021
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His cheeks a cherubic red, Seaborn tried to put his year in context.
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Nick Alvarez | [email protected],
al,
1 Dec. 2022
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