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 it in context, Iran has experienced several quakes around 6.1 in magnitude just in the past couple of years, strong enough to cause serious damage and destruction.
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Sanam Mahoozi, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
To put this in context, the annual change in market yield is often less than the two-day change of 65 bps the market experienced last week.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
To put that in context, those 103,000 cancers would account for about 5 percent of cancers diagnosed each year, based on the current cancer rates and the current usage of CT scans.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2025
That certainly helps put Larkin’s quieter offensive stretch in context.
5.
—Max Bultman, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Sanam Mahoozi, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
To put this in context, the annual change in market yield is often less than the two-day change of 65 bps the market experienced last week.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
To put that in context, those 103,000 cancers would account for about 5 percent of cancers diagnosed each year, based on the current cancer rates and the current usage of CT scans.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2025
That certainly helps put Larkin’s quieter offensive stretch in context.
5.
—Max Bultman, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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“In context.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20context. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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