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[kon-tekst] / ˈkɒn tɛkst /


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In this context, "organic" simply means carbon-based and does not indicate that the material came from life.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

Sept. 11 was an event of its time and deserves to stand in history, but not entirely outside of context.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

“We do acknowledge that it’s a tragic event. We don’t fully go into it. Since we weren’t really taught about it, we don’t have a lot of context on it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Meta's Community Notes is a system modeled on a similar program at Elon Musk's X, allowing users themselves to add context to potentially misleading content.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

It was love in the context of the place I’d just left.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

“We looked specifically at meows in two contexts: separation from their human in an unfamiliar environment, and then the human’s return,” Schwartz says.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

"I think one problem is that people are overgeneralising it and using it in contexts where it might not be the best framework to explain our behaviour," he says.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

“The military and geopolitical contexts remain marked by the crisis situation in the Gulf and the continuing war in Ukraine,” Chief Executive Eric Trappier said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

"We are planning on further extending the experimental methods to delve deeper into different systems on our planet in different contexts, the possibilities are, quite literally, out of this world," says Noto.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Most mathematicians—Galileo, Pascal, Descartes, Newton—were familiar with the word’s use in technical astronomy, and tended to avoid it in other contexts.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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