contexts

Example Sentences

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Every year brings new versions and contexts, each one extending the song’s reach.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

It has effectively debilitated us from being able to enforce it in most contexts we’ve used it in in the past.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

As a broad history of the pursuit around the world, “Hunting” succeeds in guiding the reader through various contexts without oversimplifying them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Agents need to understand complex contexts and communicate across fragmented systems to carry out business decisions.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

In so-called intentional contexts like the above, the substitution doesn’t always work.

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