as in environment
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded
in the context of the Great Depression, communism had a certain allure for some disillusioned Americans
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Recent Examples of context
Without much context, there’s an animal that appears to be a wolf growling in the darkness.
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
Miller said his clients believe that this additional context and other policy changes at Indiana Medicaid will address the judge's concerns that anchored her dismissal.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 24 Oct. 2025
But in wider historical context, this is a comparison that's been made many, many times.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
With superb work by editor Charlotte Munch Bengtsen (All That Breathes), Lo interweaves images of nature and the bustling city that lend context to the central drama without putting too fine a point on it.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
Miller said his clients believe that this additional context and other policy changes at Indiana Medicaid will address the judge's concerns that anchored her dismissal.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 24 Oct. 2025
But in wider historical context, this is a comparison that's been made many, many times.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
With superb work by editor Charlotte Munch Bengtsen (All That Breathes), Lo interweaves images of nature and the bustling city that lend context to the central drama without putting too fine a point on it.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for context
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Higginbotham, an intelligent defender, lived for the intense environment.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Family ties and Working Class USA environments are a Cooper specialty — see Out of the Furnace, Black Mass, Crazy Heart — and these scenes both stick out from the rest of the storytelling and bring out the best in the filmmaker.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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Only Dragon is reusable; the others (including HTV-X) are designed to burn up in Earth's atmosphere when their missions are over.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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As Rissa emerged from the chapel and began to walk down the aisle during the ceremony, a harpist and choir sang softly in the background, adding to the already emotional atmosphere.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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While some neighborhoods have gotten attention, the progress has been uneven and isn't reaching the same critical mass of development and redevelopment success that has benefited the downtown area and its surrounds.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Chinese also presented the movie with 12 channels of sound, meaning the surround speakers got an extra workout that added to the visceral charge of the chase sequences and shoot-outs.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
7 Oct. 2025
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Combined with an intense summer heat wave, the surge caught many residents off guard, said Alex Ambrose, a transportation and climate policy analyst at New Jersey Policy Perspective.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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The climate research nonprofit Climate Central now hosts the database and makes this information available to insurers, policy makers, broadcast meteorologists and ordinary citizens.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Context.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/context. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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