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    It had everything to do with the greater context of the war.  (source)
    context = surrounding situation
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    In attempting to understand Everett Ruess and Chris McCandless, it can be illuminating to consider their deeds in a larger context.  (source)
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    It looked exactly like the glass egg that causes Tom Cruise's character so much grief in Risky Business, but somehow I knew that, in the context of my dream, it was supposed to be Halliday's Easter egg.  (source)
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    In the context of the lobby, where the actress was struggling to rein in her hounds, the hoarseness of her voice had given the impression of an imperious young lady prone to shouting.  (source)
    context = setting or situation
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    When dealing with indigenous peoples ... you must attempt to respect their traditions and confine your explanations to simple concepts that can be understood within the contexts of their belief systems.  (source)
    contexts = settings or situations
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    "Your Honor," my lawyer chuckled as he stood up, "Ms. Gold's statement is taken totally out of context."  (source)
    out of context = in a misleading way because it lacks the situation in which it occurred
    "Editor's Notes"
    When someone is quoted "out of context" it means that selected words were quoted that misrepresent the meaning of all their words.

    For example, if you said "I admire their effort, but they are dead wrong if they think this will work," and someone implied that you supported their plan by quoting you as only saying, "I admire their effort," they would be quoting you out of context.
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    It keeps all the data in context.†  (source)
    in context = with consideration of surrounding setting and conditions
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    Mammal brains receive a constant stream of interoceptive input from the GI tract, which combines with other interoceptive information from within the body and contextual information from the environment before sending an integrated response to target cells within the GI tract through what is commonly called the 'gut-brain informational axis' but might be better described as the 'gut-brain informational cycle.  (source)
    contextual = situational
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    And both of us had second chances. But if the situation or the context where you make the decisions don't change, then second chances don't mean too much, huh?  (source)
    context = setting or situation
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    "It's the same kind of paralysis through analysis you find in sports contexts," Schooler says.  (source)
    contexts = the settings or situations in which things occur
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    Harris and Watkins wrote letters to editors complaining they'd been quoted out of context, their story sensationalized to "distort, misrepresent and terrify."†  (source)
    out of context = misleading because something is presented without the setting or situation in which it occurred
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    But tonight, in context, as it were, we know each other.†  (source)
    in context = with consideration of surrounding setting and conditions
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    The Rule of 150 suggests that the size of a group is another one of those subtle contextual factors that can make a big difference.  (source)
    contextual = related to the setting or situation in which something occurs
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