Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for contextualize. Search instead for kontextvarianten.
Definitions

contextualize

[kuhn-teks-choo-uh-lahyz] / kənˈtɛks tʃu əˌlaɪz /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

This mission guided her through the process of selecting works by famous artists from SFMOMA’s collection to contextualize RM’s pieces from lesser-known but equally important names.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

"TRACE allowed us to contextualize how the ancestry segments from these previously uncharacterized hominins are distributed throughout the human genome," Biddanda said.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

That gives ServiceNow a “key strategic advantage versus third-party AI tools” that need to extract, contextualize and reintegrate data across platforms, Bank of America analyst Tal Liani wrote in a Thursday note.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Mr. Bailey also struggles to contextualize within her work Spark’s conversion to Catholicism in 1954.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

It is the Bible and the tradition of the Church which provides the textual testimony; the circumstances contextualize the testimony and accompany it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Sierra also contextualizes Kenmure Street within the long shadow of slavery, industry, imperialism and grassroots opposition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

But its good witchery also contextualizes the quest for sanity in mad times like ours with comforting observations about occultism’s role during eras of social upheaval.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

It cements the reality of the event and contextualizes it within a broader narrative.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

Molly Olmstead contextualizes the controversy and argues that the Sisters’ work is hardly at odds with the work of religious sisters generally.

From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2023

She contextualizes the legacy of Mexican feminism with the story of the protesters who demonstrated for justice after a teenager was raped by police officers.

From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2023

“Not an unbounded and unlimited entity with high degrees of autonomy – but AI that is carefully calibrated, contextualized, within limits.”

From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026

Cignetti contextualized last year’s comeuppance—OSU and ND met in the national championship, he reminded everyone—while reloading for 2025 with a new quarterback and confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025

The book both published and contextualized the notes Babb took while she was working at the FSA camps with Tom Collins.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024

He only needs to make overt what is not often enough acknowledged, that there is a unique pleasure in the dignity of hard work that does not have to be contextualized as anything else.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2024

“But it’s a conversation contextualized by what the DJ does.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024

In contextualizing the visceral action, the cinematographer isolated the character from the stark environment, illustrating his hyperfocused, meticulous nature as the hair-raising tension builds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025

It opens by contextualizing the dispute, framing the dispute in a way that is favorable to the narrative that they want to tell.

From Slate ● Jan. 18, 2024

But as the movie winds back to foreground instructor Hori’s POV, adding contextualizing reverse angles and extra information to every replayed moment after, a thornier reality emerges, one that absolves and complicates in equal measure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

But embedded in such restrictions one may infer either a resistance to having his work pushed to the fringes, or a pretension in contextualizing it as a mainstream experience.

From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2023

Critical race theory is an approach to contextualizing our understanding of race.

From Salon ● May 30, 2023



Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training