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[kon-tekst] / ˈkɒn tɛkst /


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I want to give my cautions, because there is some context to be had.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026

In the context of reindustrialisation, Burnham added this could be more devolution of innovation funding.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Watch Duty does pull information from official sources but also relies on staff and volunteers to listen to radios, monitor satellite data and analyze announcements from emergency departments to provide additional context.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

But whether that image translates to the viewer in its final context is another matter.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

This intention depends on both the artist’s personality and the context of time and place.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

Two other streaming series, “Crystal Lake” on Peacock and “Carrie” on Prime Video, place two of the horror genre’s most famous scary mothers in new contexts.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Democracies do this as a matter of course, and we can, too, even if we modify these lessons, and learn from their shortcomings, for our own particular contexts.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026

"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

"Our findings show that it might be worthwhile to examine targeted antibiotics from ethnographic contexts - or, as in this case, from prehistoric contexts - in greater depth," concludes Siemssen.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

When societies do adopt a new technology from the society that invented it, the diffusion may occur in many different contexts.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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