recontextualize
verb
re·con·tex·tu·al·ize
ˌrē-kən-ˈteks-chə-wə-ˌlīz 
-chə-ˌlīz
recontextualized; recontextualizing; recontextualizes
: to place (something, such as a literary or artistic work) in a different context
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Beer’s work tracks a Westerner’s aesthetic journey into an ancient spiritual culture that Sherpa works joyfully to recontextualize in the present day.
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Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
Other artists whose younger emotions have landed in similar situations have found ways to recontextualize their lyrical missteps without ignoring them altogether.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2023
Religion can have the capacity to help people recontextualize their reality, and Barry is doing that now.
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Chang is part of a team of Stanford scholars who launched the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project in 2012 to recover and recontextualize their stories.
—Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 2 May 2023
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Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
Other artists whose younger emotions have landed in similar situations have found ways to recontextualize their lyrical missteps without ignoring them altogether.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2023
Religion can have the capacity to help people recontextualize their reality, and Barry is doing that now.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 8 May 2023
Chang is part of a team of Stanford scholars who launched the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project in 2012 to recover and recontextualize their stories.
—Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 2 May 2023
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“Recontextualize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recontextualize. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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