How to Use contextualize in a Sentence

contextualize

verb

• When the rebellion is historically contextualized, it becomes clear that there were many factors contributing to it.
• Kids have to be able to contextualize, to deconstruct it.
  — WIRED, 25 Aug. 2017
• Believe it or not, Congress can help contextualize this.
  — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 20 May 2017
• As a result, whites often lack the vocabulary to contextualize even the most obviously racist events.
  — James Forman Jr., The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2017
• But seeing Laura Palmer’s mother’s scream helped me contextualize my family’s grief.
  — Sari Botton, Longreads, 22 May 2017
• The Broad has organized public programs to show the breadth of Kusama’s nearly seven-decade career and to contextualize her as a performer.
  — Deborah Vankin, latimes.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• My favorite parts are the essays Corbett wrote to contextualize his aesthetic principles and reflect on his history with records.
  — Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 19 June 2017
• The exhibits re-contextualize some of the museum’s core holdings, presenting hundreds of items previously hidden away in storage.
  — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian, 1 July 2017
• The exhibits re-contextualize some of the museum’s core holdings, presenting hundreds of items previously hidden away in storage.
  — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian, 30 June 2017
• Would a man have picked up on this and contextualized it in this way?
  — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
• The poet that could contextualize her life has yet to be born.
  — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2022
• Hosts @Villarrealy & @indiefocus will talk to top talent — like @iamrashidajones, @evilhag and more — and contextualize how the pandemic will shape the awards races.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2020
• Part of the answer comes down to one word: contextualize.
  — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022
• The goal of Black Film Archive is to re-contextualize these moments.
  — Uwa Ede-Osifo, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2023
• The night ends on a positive note from Harvey Mason Jr., who looks back on the event to contextualize it in the framework of the culture that brought them here.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 10 Dec. 2023
• For a deeper dive, here are a few pieces that smartly contextualize Abrams’ victory, as well as what’s at stake in the fall.
  — Danielle Jackson, Longreads, 25 May 2018
• How can anchors contextualize and fact-check his speech in real time, if at all?
  — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2019
• The book is let down only by its clunky attempts to contextualize.
  — Malcolm Forbes, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022
• So to contextualize that further for our listeners: now a lot of people will show up to shows dressed by brands.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2023
• The media doesn't have enough stories of that deep friendship for young women to contextualize their own.
  — Olivia Fleming, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 May 2019
• To help contextualize this earth-shattering news about the addictive treat, cashews are simply the fruit of the cashew apple.
  — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
• This suggests that news stories like the economy are contextualized by the news outlet and the people who share them.
  — Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• Just like honoring the seasonal rhythms of the year or the phases of the moon, working with the card of the year can be a way to frame and contextualize a specific period of time.
  — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• Essays contextualize the history of slavery as part of the founding of the United States.
  — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022
• There’s news satire, which applies to how programs like The Daily Show use humor to contextualize and mock real-world events.
  — Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian, 7 May 2018
• The videos are a great way to really contextualize the size of this monster; from the metal fingertip to where the wrist will connect, for example, the hand is about 6.5 feet wide.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 22 Sep. 2020
• Popular culture helped me contextualize that in terms of how we are allowed to be seen.
  — Eddie S. Glaude, Time, 15 Feb. 2018
• And sometimes the answer is maybe, which is also hard to contextualize for people.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
• Providers need to be given enough information to contextualize a recommendation and determine if their patient is appropriately represented in it.
  — Saurabh Gombar, STAT, 21 June 2024
• These individuals will bring crucial expertise to contextualizing how information dynamics are evolving in local contexts, especially with regard to issues that are of concern to voters, and may, consequently, be at high risk of exploitation.
  — Kat Duffy, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024