contexts
Example Sentences
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“We looked specifically at meows in two contexts: separation from their human in an unfamiliar environment, and then the human’s return,” Schwartz says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
In both books, the reader advances from scene to scene as though balancing on a tightrope, blind to the wider contexts of events and agitatedly aware that disaster could occur at any moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
"States and territories are advised to review" the Trump administration's recommendations on "immunization requirements for contexts such as school enrollment and attendance," the order states.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
"I think one problem is that people are overgeneralising it and using it in contexts where it might not be the best framework to explain our behaviour," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The profusion of metaconcepts in professional writing—all those levels, issues, contexts, frameworks, and perspectives—also makes sense when you consider the personal history of chunking and functional fixity in the writers.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
