contextualize

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You contextualize learned behavior; you contextualize trauma and things they learned that make them these repressed adults.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

He also sought to contextualize it in the context of the broader chip rout that’s gripped markets in recent years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

Mr. Russell helps readers contextualize James’s reputation, which has been pickled in generations of macho nonsense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Comparing car prices to income can help contextualize how price changes impact families.

From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025

It is the Bible and the tradition of the Church which provides the textual testimony; the circumstances contextualize the testimony and accompany it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton