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contextualize

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


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"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

“These things were obviously true, and the knowledge undoubtedly helped doctors contextualize their patients’ problems.

From Slate Jun. 18, 2026

His attempt to contextualize his comments in a LinkedIn post Friday backfired.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

You contextualize learned behavior; you contextualize trauma and things they learned that make them these repressed adults.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2026

We contextualize, filter, draw conclusions, and make inferences, in part, based on someone’s physical attributes.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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

From Seattle Times Dec. 12, 2023

Throughout “Destiny of Desire,” Zacarías contextualizes events to show that they aren’t as far-fetched as they might seem.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 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

What's missing — and what is sorely needed when it comes to books about the Rolling Stones — is the book that contextualizes their music within the mayhem that Jones catalogues.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2022

And how is it contextualized within the new David Geffen Galleries?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Real history is much more than just dates, facts and characters; it also encompasses how they are interpreted and contextualized.

From Salon May 14, 2026

“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

The MFA assembled 14 of these, contextualized by self-portraits, Japanese prints, works by artists Van Gogh admired, and paintings by Paul Gauguin, who joined his friend in the south toward the end of 1888.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

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

“I think I need to find a balance of contextualizing it without thinking like I’m patronizing people.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2025

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

And yet that’s precisely why Adair’s straightforward contextualizing is so vital.

From Salon Nov. 11, 2023

We learn to read all our original sources with a grain of salt, and develop innovative ways of analyzing and contextualizing them.

From Slate May 21, 2023

The university wanted to double the number of professors from marginalized groups, increase the enrollment of students of color, and remove or reframe campus monuments, including contextualizing the university’s historical representation of Jefferson.

From New York Times Apr. 23, 2023



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