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Gurlek did not say how many people had been taken into custody, but said the raids came in the context of the "Decade of the Family" campaign.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
In this context, "organic" simply means carbon-based and does not indicate that the material came from life.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
The world-ending A.I. bogeyman becomes even less believable when the warnings are placed in proper context.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
In the American context, after all, Oscar season is just about the last place for broad, sustained attention to challenging studio fare, bold independents, international features and documentaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Ursus didn’t bother to reply, but took Kepler’s praise out of context and published it as a kind of endorsement of some of his own work—which, as it happens, was critical of Tycho.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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"Community Notes are not enough in contexts of high disinformation," it said, calling on Meta "to complement, not replace, independent verification."
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
“We found some subtle but consistent differences in the pitch and length of meows between those two contexts, suggesting maybe cats have different meows for ‘Where did you go?’ and ‘You’re back!’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
For this year, Kering continues to target a return to growth and an improvement in margins, but noted that the geopolitical and economic contexts remain uncertain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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
So what’s the difference between the past-tense was, in those contexts in which it has the meaning of factual remoteness, and the irrealis were, which also has the meaning of factual remoteness?
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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