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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

"To put £36 m in context, one man has donated a sum bigger than Labour's entire 2024 election budget, bigger than the Conservatives', and about six times what Reform actually spent," a senior figure told me.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

The world-ending A.I. bogeyman becomes even less believable when the warnings are placed in proper context.

From Salon Sep. 12, 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 sign had surprised Carla since "forgive us our trespasses" was the only other context in which she had heard the word.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

“We found some subtle but consistent differences in the pitch and length of meows between those two contexts, suggesting maybe cats have different meows for ‘Where did you go?’ and ‘You’re back!’

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Kering is targeting a return to growth and improved margins this year, but noted that geopolitical and economic contexts remain uncertain.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 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

"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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