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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For context, the San Diego Police Department — serving a population roughly four times larger — reported 43 drones at a higher total cost of around $900,000.
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Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
Its value depends on a combination of its performance on various benchmarks, reliability, latency, context length, integration into business systems, and the skill of the operator.
—James Broughel, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Analysts expect Apple to show a more powerful version of Siri with a standalone chatbot-style app, personal context, on-screen awareness, the ability to handle multi-step commands and deeper routing to outside models, potentially including Google’s Gemini.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 5 June 2026
Working through this, particularly in the context of the ’28 presidential, is going to be really hard.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
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Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
Its value depends on a combination of its performance on various benchmarks, reliability, latency, context length, integration into business systems, and the skill of the operator.
—James Broughel, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Analysts expect Apple to show a more powerful version of Siri with a standalone chatbot-style app, personal context, on-screen awareness, the ability to handle multi-step commands and deeper routing to outside models, potentially including Google’s Gemini.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 5 June 2026
Working through this, particularly in the context of the ’28 presidential, is going to be really hard.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for context
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According to the firm, the dual-domain architecture enables the robot to interpret spoken instructions, understand its environment, generate action plans, and execute physical tasks with coordinated motion.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
3 June 2026
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But in a choppy, sideways macro environment, why just sit there and collect a standard payout?—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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Requiring commuters to come into offices more frequently will result in more than 15,000 additional metric tons of carbon being released into the atmosphere each month, the union argued.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2026
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Their arrival is near or after sunset with less juice in the atmosphere to work with, but there could still be a passing storm or downpour, or even an isolated severe storm with stronger gusts.—
Eric Fisher,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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The 2026 model comes loaded with Subaru’s latest EyeSight driver-assist technologies, including automatic emergency steering, adaptive cruise control with lane centering, blind-spot warning, rear cross-traffic alert, reverse automatic braking and a surround-view monitor system.—
Tim Jackson,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
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Creating a full-surround sofa layout might be your best bet.—
Shagun Khare,
The Spruce,
24 May 2026
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In dry climates, where rainfall is limited but dew may be common, an extensive network of shallow roots may be better equipped to maximize absorption of any moisture that touches the soil.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
4 June 2026
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The exact bloom time depends largely on your climate.—
Blythe Copeland,
Martha Stewart,
4 June 2026
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“Context.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/context. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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