contextualize

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

“The mentioned criticism of my research has been addressed through formal peer-review processes, with retraction requests denied by the journal. My papers are factual, balanced, rigorous, and accurately contextualize the findings.”

From Salon • Mar. 11, 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

Comparing car prices to income can help contextualize how price changes impact families.

From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025

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

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin