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Example Sentences

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Wolff's remarks come in the context of an ongoing row over the legality of the Mercedes engine.

From BBC

Meows change widely depending on context, while purring stays consistent enough to clearly distinguish one cat from another.

From Science Daily

“I couldn’t imagine making a movie about the blues without giving some deeper context on what that music really signifies,” Coogler writes in an email.

From Los Angeles Times

So their skepticism, while important, needs to be taken in context.

From MarketWatch

The immediate market reaction was “slightly steeper curve, slightly stronger dollar, but all of that is in the context of ranges where markets had been for the better part of several months.”

From Barron's