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“Given this context, there is little to suggest that U.S. monetary policymakers will decide to raise the benchmark interest rate at their next meeting.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
It’s important to put these dramatic share-price reversals into context.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
But somewhere in the middle of all that rollercoaster there is also enormous happiness for a man who has finally found the perfect context, a football team built to his measure.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The emotional tone of each vocal performance is beautifully keyed to each song’s context.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Those of us in the civil rights community are not immune to the racial stereotypes that pervade media imagery and political rhetoric; nor do we operate outside of the political context.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Hannah says she had no emotional connection to her previous surname, and it often confused people when she would use two surnames in different contexts.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
They were able to exploit a new database that extends back to 1799, and which I have written about before in other contexts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
The partnership is part of the Visa Intelligence Commerce initiative, a push to build secure payment capabilities in AI contexts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Over the last century, familiar words such as “time,” “exist” and “timeless” have been repurposed in technical contexts without examining what baggage they carry from everyday speech.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
Since what is often at stake in moral choices is confidence that one has got the facts right, the term was extended to other contexts in which people make judgements about questions of fact.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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