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Even without the context of everything that came before the game, it was the most improbable of comebacks.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
In proper context, those quotes are less bombastic than they might sound.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
In this context, valency refers to the number of connections a nanoparticle forms with its neighbors.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
I was pretty sure when I said that to say it in context.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
She’d heard of a fool, too, but she thought it was probably in a different context from the one he was talking about.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
The sheer joy of watching Stewart’s comic turns in shows like “Extras” or hearing his voice in ludicrous contexts was magnified by the majesty he lent to his dramatic work.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
"Too much double-stranded RNA or mRNA that cannot be degraded effectively may contribute to disease processes in some contexts."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
Democracies do this as a matter of course, and we can, too, even if we modify these lessons, and learn from their shortcomings, for our own particular contexts.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026
"We have played 11 competitive matches and we won 10. We are getting a variety of ways to win in many different contexts."
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Indeed, he was a man of some six feet three inches, and his countenance, though reassuring while one knew he was intent on obliging, could seem extremely forbidding viewed in certain other contexts.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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