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[kon-tekst] / ˈkɒn tɛkst /


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Gurlek did not say how many people had been taken into custody, but said the raids came in the context of the "Decade of the Family" campaign.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

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

The new science has to be placed in this local context.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“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

Mr. Blaževičius’s considerable achievement here is to have created a film that observes them in dual heightened contexts, of history and heartbreak, without forcing the connections between the two.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 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

They were able to exploit a new database that extends back to 1799, and which I have written about before in other contexts.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

If anything, a number in these contexts enhances individuality; no two people have the same credit-card number, for example, whereas many have similar names or personality traits or socioeconomic profiles.

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




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