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contextualize

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


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When I became a father, I recontextualized my childhood in a completely different way.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024

Bows and ruffles, traditional symbols of femininity, were deconstructed and recontextualized.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023

Dylan did as much as anybody to dislodge that music from the center of American life, but in the last two decades he has reclaimed and recontextualized it.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2022

You see those parts get recontextualized in all kinds of ways: LCD screens are all over the place.

From The Verge • Mar. 8, 2022

Starting with images of Black people culled from famous paintings, films and architecturally historic sites, the artist digitally recontextualized the figures, inventing a new narrative for them.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2021



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