contextualize
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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
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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