How to Use in context in a Sentence

in context

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  • Let’s put that 14% share in context.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But just step back for a second and put this in -- in context.
    CBS News, 25 June 2023
  • His cheeks a cherubic red, Seaborn tried to put his year in context.
    Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Unsure of how the shoe will fit, both size-wise and in context of your lifestyle?
    Rudolf Obias, Footwear News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Design what wins in context, and consider what stands out on the shelf.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Words and pictures in context form a kind of covalent bond.
    Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
  • And to put the pace of this rebuild in context, look at other major bridge projects.
    Wes Moore, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Your feelings of loneliness are valid, but please put them in context.
    R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But this thought process can help put others’ behavior in context.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
  • If your child is struggling, reaching out to the school can help put these struggles in context.
    Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Putting it in context, when the first season came out, the iPhone didn’t exist.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
  • But in context, you are not obligated to care for your grandma.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The only thing that made any sense in context with the past eight years was the final result in overtime.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Experts on the region say while the textbook changes are notable, they should be seen in context.
    Hadas Gold, CNN, 19 June 2023
  • To put this in context, this would be like your high school band closing Lollapalooza.
    Bob Guccione Jr, SPIN, 22 Feb. 2023
  • To put that in context, the Dodgers have a grand total of zero complete games this season.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • See what that means in context in the latest Mane Street Memphis.
    Corinne S Kennedy, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 17 Mar. 2026
  • To put that in context, in the last 15 years, three holders of the winning ticket did not claim their prize at all.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • One big difference is the amount of sodium, but Sassos points out that this has to be looked at in context.
    Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 2 Mar. 2023
  • To put that in context, one blue whale is roughly the length of two school buses and weighs about the same as 30 elephants.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2023
  • Board member Karen Stanley, from Huntsville, asked how many that was in context.
    Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Perhaps, in context, the baboons’ gesture is as friendly as a handshake.
    Shayla Love, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Most of what can be found on social platforms is lacking in context—the very ground from which any good architecture grows.
    Richard Olsen, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The idea was first proposed in context of studying the behavior of a chimpanzee named Sarah.
    Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • To put that in context, the average cost of a round-trip domestic flight is about $260.
    Ben Luthi, wsj.com, 10 Oct. 2023
  • To put that in context, none of the other 13 brackets had more than four returning medalists in any class.
    Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Feb. 2026
  • To put the idea in context, the first fully synthetic plastic dates back to 1907.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Good communication keeps those changes in context.
    R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2025
  • And Grann puts his story in context, showing what a raw, naked grab for power the age of colonial expansion was.
    Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Instead of waiting for users to unearth insights, these agents deliver them proactively and in context.
    Angshuman Rudra, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025

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