How to Use in context in a Sentence

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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 | [e-mail], 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
• Design what wins in context, and consider what stands out on the shelf.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
• If your child is struggling, reaching out to the school can help put these struggles in context.
  — Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 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 | [e-mail], 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
• Some researchers think these small-scale efforts to teach math in context could transform how it’s taught more broadly.
  — Steven Yoder, USA TODAY, 24 June 2024
• 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
• To put it in context Jose Soriano of the Angels is second with 40 and has not pitched since mid-August with right arm fatigue.
  — Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
• 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
• Though given that Agatha works best as a lark, sometimes the more committed the actor, the less successful the performance is in context.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
• But time does offer you the opportunity, little by little, to see the past in context.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024
• White House correspondent, Francesca Chambers, to put last night in context.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
• Examine the source, and if the material is an excerpt, try to find the original media in context.
  — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Jan 2025