contexts

Example Sentences

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Agents need to understand complex contexts and communicate across fragmented systems to carry out business decisions.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Sure, there’s random talk about “World War III,” a term that shows up in numerous headlines in all sorts of bizarre contexts.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

Instead, from the very beginning, the law compartmentalized requirements of parental involvement in some contexts and inconsistently applied those requirements in others.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026

Mr. Sewell outlines broad contexts and settings, such as 17th-century Scotland, where secret-agent Downing helped secure the surrender of Edinburgh Castle in 1650.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The profusion of metaconcepts in professional writing—all those levels, issues, contexts, frameworks, and perspectives—also makes sense when you consider the personal history of chunking and functional fixity in the writers.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker