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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These signals are then processed by a transformer module to contextualize sequences—predicting words or phrases rather than isolated characters.
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Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
The dialogue surrounding Kendrick’s performance during the Super Bowl Halftime Show last night, will probably be an ongoing dissection of Black culture, American ideology, identity, and the intentional satire of contextualizing your place in the world as a Black American.
—Essence, 10 Feb. 2025
Just to try to contextualize this a little bit more, imagine two people — one in the US, one in Denmark.
—Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 2 Feb. 2025
Now that he’s done the work of recreating all the possible shoot days, the next step in the process, which Soderbergh was last working on, was adding his own words to contextualize Spielberg’s decisions.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
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Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
The dialogue surrounding Kendrick’s performance during the Super Bowl Halftime Show last night, will probably be an ongoing dissection of Black culture, American ideology, identity, and the intentional satire of contextualizing your place in the world as a Black American.
—Essence, 10 Feb. 2025
Just to try to contextualize this a little bit more, imagine two people — one in the US, one in Denmark.
—Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 2 Feb. 2025
Now that he’s done the work of recreating all the possible shoot days, the next step in the process, which Soderbergh was last working on, was adding his own words to contextualize Spielberg’s decisions.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Contextualize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contextualize. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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