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Whose "coconut tree" speech included the line "You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you"?

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[kon-tekst] / ˈkɒn tɛkst /


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From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026

Some of the remains were found in particularly intriguing burial contexts.

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"We have played 11 competitive matches and we won 10. We are getting a variety of ways to win in many different contexts."

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

A feeling for what quantities or time spans are appropriate in various contexts is essential to getting the joke.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos


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