in context
idiom
1
: in a sentence with other words
To really know a word, you must be able to use it in context.
2
: while thinking about the group of conditions that exist where and when something happens
We need to consider these events in context.
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To put this in context, this implies that there was demand for ~850 million shares vs the 34 million that Circle was offering for sale.
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Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
To put the current situation in context, 10.5 million tourists arrived in the first three months of 2025, more than visited Japan in the whole of 2013.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
To keep up with the deluge, Abstract tracks all the aforementioned data to provide insights into risks and opportunities in context.
—Giovanni René Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
With the courage to ask: What does this mean in context?
—Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
To put the current situation in context, 10.5 million tourists arrived in the first three months of 2025, more than visited Japan in the whole of 2013.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
To keep up with the deluge, Abstract tracks all the aforementioned data to provide insights into risks and opportunities in context.
—Giovanni René Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
With the courage to ask: What does this mean in context?
—Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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“In context.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20context. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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