How to Use in context in a Sentence

in context

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  • 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 | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 1 Dec. 2022
  • But to put it in context, around 1 in 33 babies are born with a birth defect each year, per the CDC.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 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
  • To put the idea in context, the first fully synthetic plastic dates back to 1907.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • To put that in context, that’s as much carbon pollution as comes out of the tailpipes of 6.6 million cars over the course of a year.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
  • 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
  • To put that in context, the average cost of a round-trip domestic flight is about $260.
    — Ben Luthi, wsj.com, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Board member Karen Stanley, from Huntsville, asked how many that was in context.
    — Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Always read the reports and understand the terms in context by clicking on the PDF link in the search results.
    — Ruth Talbot, ProPublica, 18 July 2023
  • Experts on the region say while the textbook changes are notable, they should be seen in context.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN, 19 June 2023
  • 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 this in context, this would be like your high school band closing Lollapalooza.
    — Bob Guccione Jr, SPIN, 22 Feb. 2023
  • To put it in context, the iX was limited to black and white, while Vision Dee was able to display just 32 colors.
    — Nargess Banks, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Guerra tries to keep his struggles to survive in context.
    — Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • This is a noteworthy in context of the many articles and YouTube videos that attempt to make sense of which laptop to purchase.
    — Steven Aquino, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The debut is an attempt by Ramsey, a former staff writer for The Times, to unearth some of those stories and put them in context.
    — Zan Romanoff, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • 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
  • And even in context, the reality of January 6 is bad enough.
    — Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The title poem, for example, is difficult to grasp until it’s seen in context with the rest.
    — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Journalists can cross-reference that with other datasets and add in context with base maps.
    — Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The fossils waited for additional finds to place them in context.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 June 2024
  • To put that in context, $8 trillion is more than the entire national products of every country in the world, except the United States and China.
    — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Consulting is good in context with the presence of other disabled creatives in positions of power on the project.
    — Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Armstrong helped put the answer in context for everyone: Many patients have been homeless, scraping by with little to eat.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • To put that in context, there are currently only 7,200 functioning satellites floating above the Earth.
    — Jason Thomson, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Between Svolvær and Kabelvåg, this easy family-friendly trail leads you up to the 1,200-foot summit for a spectacular view over Svolvær city in context with the mountains and ocean.
    — David Nikel, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Ryten: For a completely different perspective on Kvalvika beach, the Ryten hike gives you the stunning sight of the beach in context with the jagged peaks surrounding it.
    — David Nikel, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The defense’s strong performance must be presented in context.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The quote, in context, appears to be part of a call for greater over-all safety regulation, but it was nonetheless cast as being dismissive of the immensity of the tragedy.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023

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