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The comments drew swift condemnation from California leaders, even as the White House communications director, Steven Cheung, insisted the president’s remarks had been taken out of context.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
"Suppressing the activity of somatostatin neurons in the central amygdala could represent a final pathway for reducing anxiety symptoms, not just in the context of cannabis side effects," he explained.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
“This is a production car that’s in the real world that real people want to buy, and putting it in a context that felt more grounded felt very important.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
But it provides fresh context, because the PCE release incorporated the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s annual update, including revisions reaching back to 2021.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 4, 2026
We rarely even ate rice, but when we did, I'd grown accustomed to using a fork, the same way he did, even though the utensil never made sense to me in that context.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
Speaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, ap Iorweth acknowledged the differing contexts.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Community Notes are not enough in contexts of high disinformation," it said, calling on Meta "to complement, not replace, independent verification."
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
“We found some subtle but consistent differences in the pitch and length of meows between those two contexts, suggesting maybe cats have different meows for ‘Where did you go?’ and ‘You’re back!’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Kering is targeting a return to growth and improved margins this year, but noted that geopolitical and economic contexts remain uncertain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The profusion of metaconcepts in professional writing—all those levels, issues, contexts, frameworks, and perspectives—also makes sense when you consider the personal history of chunking and functional fixity in the writers.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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