How to Use context in a Sentence

context

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  • We need to look at the event within the larger context of world history.
  • We need to consider these events in context.
  • The book puts these events in their proper historical and social contexts.
  • The context for this drought starts in the winter and spring.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2022
  • And now a new book is adding more context — and more logs to the fire.
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 8 July 2019
  • The notes don’t change, but the context does, and Dave grabbed that ball and ran with it.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Many things are done in the name of God and taken out of context.
    — Michelle L. Quinn, Post-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2017
  • But critics bashed the agency for the lack of context in the tweet linking to the files.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 8 Feb. 2023
  • For some reason that’s funny in the context of the play.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2020
  • To put into context, that’s three years of fire loss for us in the span of about a week.
    — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2020
  • A lot of things that were said were taken out of context.
    — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • But the courts have not ruled on this issue in context of the workplace.
    — Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2020
  • The video comes from an unknown source and lacks any context.
    — Christopher Sherman, Star Tribune, 18 Aug. 2020
  • For context, most parties take around three days to climb the route.
    — Matt Skenazy, Outside Online, 6 June 2018
  • Here’s what to look for and ways to put the numbers into context.
    — Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2020
  • But that doesn’t mean it can’t be done within the context of the offense.
    — oregonlive.com, 19 July 2019
  • Broberg dismisses them with a wave of the context wand.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
  • In a pop burger, the meat is subsidiary to its context.
    — Peter Meehan, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
  • There’s a lot of context missing from the raw numbers though.
    — oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2021
  • His cheeks a cherubic red, Seaborn tried to put his year in context.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 1 Dec. 2022
  • This guide breaks it down and puts it into context for you.
    — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 17 June 2022
  • All of this is just context for where my career was at this point.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2022
  • For context, one private jet can emit two tons of CO2 in just an hour.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The context of how it was created is crucial for the artist.
    — Callum Sutherland, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
  • On April 5, three images appeared in posts on 4chan; the 4chan posts were made in the context of a debate about the war in Ukraine.
    — Chris Looft, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Think about this in the context of history and as a precedent.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020
  • For context, The City of Gold only had 58 sales in the same period last year.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Still, the Laser has one glaring fault that is magnified in the context of this elite group.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Mbappe’s €100million signing bonus has to be understood in the context of his move — one that was without a transfer fee.
    — Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
  • We are trained monkeys to be able to keep asking questions, with the context of the information that came before.
    — John Werner, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024

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