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Example Sentences

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“The optics of this are terrible in the context of an ongoing war,” said Mark Bathgate, chief executive of Tweeddale Advisors, a policy consultant in London for investment firms.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a statement accompanying the photo release, Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee said the Epstein estate did not provide context or timings for the pictures.

From BBC

But then I’ve never understood escapism in the context of workplace comedy, romantic travails or contemporary political drama.

From The Wall Street Journal

The expected narrower profitability comes in a context of incremental U.S. trade tariffs, as well as a drag from currency effects, Birkenstock said.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s played less for irony and more as context for the relatable world that the directing Philippou brothers built for Sally Hawkins’ desperate pain.

From Los Angeles Times