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contextualize

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


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This mission guided her through the process of selecting works by famous artists from SFMOMA’s collection to contextualize RM’s pieces from lesser-known but equally important names.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

"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

Mr. Bailey also struggles to contextualize within her work Spark’s conversion to Catholicism in 1954.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

He also sought to contextualize it in the context of the broader chip rout that’s gripped markets in recent years.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026

We contextualize, filter, draw conclusions, and make inferences, in part, based on someone’s physical attributes.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

But its good witchery also contextualizes the quest for sanity in mad times like ours with comforting observations about occultism’s role during eras of social upheaval.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

It cements the reality of the event and contextualizes it within a broader narrative.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

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

She contextualizes the legacy of Mexican feminism with the story of the protesters who demonstrated for justice after a teenager was raped by police officers.

From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 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

The detail that the average person takes 450 selfies a year is powerful, especially when contextualized against their disposability—compared, for example, with the daguerreotype.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

And how is it contextualized within the new David Geffen Galleries?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

Real history is much more than just dates, facts and characters; it also encompasses how they are interpreted and contextualized.

From Salon ● May 14, 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

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

In contextualizing the visceral action, the cinematographer isolated the character from the stark environment, illustrating his hyperfocused, meticulous nature as the hair-raising tension builds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025

“I think I need to find a balance of contextualizing it without thinking like I’m patronizing people.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025

“The Fall of Diddy” doesn’t spend much time with this link, but it’s a contextualizing one.

From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2025

The match takes up the entire movie, with flashbacks and series callbacks fully contextualizing the relationships and stakes at work in the game.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2024

We learn to read all our original sources with a grain of salt, and develop innovative ways of analyzing and contextualizing them.

From Slate ● May 21, 2023



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