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contextualize

[kuhn-teks-choo-uh-lahyz] / kənˈtɛks tʃu əˌlaɪz /


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"TRACE allowed us to contextualize how the ancestry segments from these previously uncharacterized hominins are distributed throughout the human genome," Biddanda said.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

“These things were obviously true, and the knowledge undoubtedly helped doctors contextualize their patients’ problems.

From Slate Jun. 18, 2026

You contextualize learned behavior; you contextualize trauma and things they learned that make them these repressed adults.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2026

Mr. Russell helps readers contextualize James’s reputation, which has been pickled in generations of macho nonsense.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

It is the Bible and the tradition of the Church which provides the textual testimony; the circumstances contextualize the testimony and accompany it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Worthwhile documentaries crystallize a point in time in a way that contextualizes current circumstances.

From Salon Sep. 10, 2025

“Because it’s set on this vintage Hollywood soundstage, the director, Martin Gas, he contextualizes the ersatz vision of Japan because he puts a frame around it,” LA Opera CEO Christopher Koelsch said.

From Seattle Times Feb. 3, 2024

Molly Olmstead contextualizes the controversy and argues that the Sisters’ work is hardly at odds with the work of religious sisters generally.

From Slate Jun. 6, 2023

The four-disc Blu-ray set also contextualizes the history and impact of this work via an impressive assortment of intros, documentaries, interviews and commentary tracks.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 30, 2022

Her book both documents and contextualizes Villanueva’s spiritual journey against the backdrop of Peru’s religious and political history.

From New York Times Aug. 2, 2022

I use the sunsets and the beauty to create a dialogue, to entice people to sort of look a little bit at how things are contextualized, how things act, what’s actually happening.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

“Not an unbounded and unlimited entity with high degrees of autonomy – but AI that is carefully calibrated, contextualized, within limits.”

From Barron's Apr. 4, 2026

Cignetti contextualized last year’s comeuppance—OSU and ND met in the national championship, he reminded everyone—while reloading for 2025 with a new quarterback and confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 7, 2025

The book both published and contextualized the notes Babb took while she was working at the FSA camps with Tom Collins.

From Salon Oct. 15, 2024

He only needs to make overt what is not often enough acknowledged, that there is a unique pleasure in the dignity of hard work that does not have to be contextualized as anything else.

From Slate Oct. 1, 2024

He suggested a “three-prong approach” to contextualizing the topic of “holdover” fires.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2026

“Often, misinformation is merely someone contextualizing information in a way that someone else disagrees with, or would contextualize differently,” Bauer said.

From Salon Jan. 20, 2024

It opens by contextualizing the dispute, framing the dispute in a way that is favorable to the narrative that they want to tell.

From Slate Jan. 18, 2024

But as the movie winds back to foreground instructor Hori’s POV, adding contextualizing reverse angles and extra information to every replayed moment after, a thornier reality emerges, one that absolves and complicates in equal measure.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 30, 2023

The university wanted to double the number of professors from marginalized groups, increase the enrollment of students of color, and remove or reframe campus monuments, including contextualizing the university’s historical representation of Jefferson.

From New York Times Apr. 23, 2023



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