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For context, I’m a CPA and tax adviser.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
He seems to think that, in the context of nuclear facilities, “civil” is synonymous with “non-enriched.”
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
Other historians might place Trump in the context of white rage and anti-immigrant sentiment.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
What, in Golding, is metaphysical pressure risks becoming, in this context, an exercise in categorization—ironically, as the novels themselves move us in the opposite direction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
In this terrifying new context, the demand for hard intelligence about the communist enemy became more urgent than ever.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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
"But having said that, we know that pressure waves are a well-established cause of brain injury, both short and long-term in other contexts."
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
As ever, Mr. Pollack stresses that there are no magic solutions or genius innovations to be deployed, only tricky compromises to be struck by local governments in local contexts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Over the last century, familiar words such as “time,” “exist” and “timeless” have been repurposed in technical contexts without examining what baggage they carry from everyday speech.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
A feeling for what quantities or time spans are appropriate in various contexts is essential to getting the joke.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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