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 eighth-graders, a basic rating means the student can likely use context clues to work out the meanings of words, find the main idea in a text and identify basic literary elements like a character’s motivation and the order of events.
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Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Feb. 2025
Habib has reinvented liberal arts suited for Pakistan’s needs and context to give students opportunities to develop their own expression of Yohsin.
—Bryan Penprase, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
This post was updated at 9:20 a.m. to add some more context to the benchmarking results.
—Ars Technica, 18 Feb. 2025
This story has been updated with additional information and context.
—John Liu, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
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Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Feb. 2025
Habib has reinvented liberal arts suited for Pakistan’s needs and context to give students opportunities to develop their own expression of Yohsin.
—Bryan Penprase, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
This post was updated at 9:20 a.m. to add some more context to the benchmarking results.
—Ars Technica, 18 Feb. 2025
This story has been updated with additional information and context.
—John Liu, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for context
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There’s a warmth and a patina to Alief that Navis wanted to stress as a home base, but also some genuine cowboy, Southwest aesthetic that was part of the fun of other environments Mo ends up in.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2025
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The 1920s were a boom time for L.A., an era of heady confidence in humans’ ability to reshape the natural environment.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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The atmosphere was electric, set to the rhythm of classic R&B hits spun by Abby the DJ, creating an inviting, soulful energy that filled the space.—
Lyric Christian,
Essence,
7 Feb. 2025
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And in 2013, a 20-meter-wide (66-foot-wide) asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere over Chelyabinsk, Russia.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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The secondary bathroom is accented by a rich brown Emperador marble on the trim, tub surround, and floor tile.—
Kristen Flanagan,
Architectural Digest,
29 Jan. 2025
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To the right is the sunken living room, which has a row of clerestory windows and a fireplace with a ceiling-height brick surround.—
Angela Serratore,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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On a corporate level, Amazon’s move to cancel cancel culture by hiring Brett Ratner to make a $40 million dollar documentary about Melania Trump, has the doc community questioning the future viability of social issue docs, particularly given the current political climate.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2025
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Surprisingly, the tropical climate didn’t pose any great difficulty to a guy covered head to toe in fur.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Context.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/context. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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