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For context, “Grand Theft Auto V” reportedly cost $265 million to make.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
"In the environmental context, we should have la clim' everywhere," said Olivier Terrien of the CGT union.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
Perhaps a book that couched Castaneda’s story more deeply in the context of the ’70s counterculture and the nature of cults past and present would make his story clearer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
Apparently, the semicolon in context may have suggested a broad reading of Congress’ power over the “general Welfare.”
From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026
Specific sequences of DNA were appended to a gene that provided context for its activity—its “work.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 1
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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