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[kon-tekst] / ˈkɒn tɛkst /


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This public forum thing is a little bit complicated in this context because there are actually multiple public forums here.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

And it left me with a question: Why is our mental-health system so quick to diagnose and so slow to examine the full context of a person’s suffering?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

A round-table meeting was organised with his family to help understand his environment, the story and the context in which he grew up.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

"It gives you the feeling of a truce, of something very positive in a context that is anything but positive, because everything feels anxiety-inducing."

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

For Jefferson, all specific decisions about American foreign policy occurred within the context of this overarching, indeed almost cosmic, pattern.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“We looked specifically at meows in two contexts: separation from their human in an unfamiliar environment, and then the human’s return,” Schwartz says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Mr. Blaževičius’s considerable achievement here is to have created a film that observes them in dual heightened contexts, of history and heartbreak, without forcing the connections between the two.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

"I think one problem is that people are overgeneralising it and using it in contexts where it might not be the best framework to explain our behaviour," he says.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

"We are planning on further extending the experimental methods to delve deeper into different systems on our planet in different contexts, the possibilities are, quite literally, out of this world," says Noto.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

In so-called intentional contexts like the above, the substitution doesn’t always work.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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