contextualize
verb
con·tex·tu·al·ize
kən-ˈteks-chə-wə-ˌlīz 
-chə-ˌlīz,
-chü-ə-
contextualized; contextualizing
: to place (something, such as a word or activity) in a context
When the rebellion is historically contextualized, it becomes clear that there were many factors that contributed to it.
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When the rebellion is historically contextualized, it becomes clear that there were many factors contributing to it.
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Re-contextualizing that language and those images in this new form in the book, again, is a way of playing or being in dialogue.
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Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
Kruger gets to keep her natural German accent, though the script is careful to note Jess grew up in America to contextualize her anti-NHS bias.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
That disruption may help contextualize why unhealthy eating habits are strongly linked to overeating, emotional eating, depression, anxiety and cognitive problems, according to the researchers.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
Another way of contextualizing the scale of the bloodletting is the war in Gaza, the bloodiest round of fighting between Israel and Palestinian terrorists since the latter’s war of independence in 1948.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2025
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Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
Kruger gets to keep her natural German accent, though the script is careful to note Jess grew up in America to contextualize her anti-NHS bias.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
That disruption may help contextualize why unhealthy eating habits are strongly linked to overeating, emotional eating, depression, anxiety and cognitive problems, according to the researchers.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
Another way of contextualizing the scale of the bloodletting is the war in Gaza, the bloodiest round of fighting between Israel and Palestinian terrorists since the latter’s war of independence in 1948.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Contextualize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contextualize. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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