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The line between art and commerce has blurred so much that people unintentionally conflate all visual media with advertising — if they can’t see themselves in it, they’re not buying it.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

It can be all too easy to conflate generosity of spirit with financial largesse.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Law professors and pundits often conflate these things, but they are not the same.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

“The future is really about helping people to get on the right treatment for that individual, making sure that we don’t conflate the magnitude of weight loss with health improvements,” Almandoz said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

It is stated that the Traditional is a conflate text, i.e. that passages have been put together from more than one other text, so that they are composite in construction instead of being simple.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon

It conflates European recycling systems with the market-based infrastructure that drives recycling in the U.S. and misses a more important question.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Kenyan civil servant Geoffrey Mosiria called for the series to be banned in Kenya, arguing that it conflates polygamy with cheating, fraud and abuse.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

One conflates “the child actors from ‘Stranger Things,’” with AI as “the greatest threat to humanity right now.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

This definition conflates Jewish people with the state of Israel while also maintaining that conflating Jewish people with the state of Israel is itself antisemitic.

From Slate ● May 29, 2025

Not all are alike, but the average person conflates the terms.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024

But beyond the scientific discussion, society is confronting disruptions such as workplace displacement and a changing relationship to technology — issues Gát believes are being conflated with the consciousness debate.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

This type of consumption, often referred to as mindless eating, is frequently conflated with overeating.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Aside from moving the play to a new culture more than a century after it was originally set, Mr. Stone hews closely to Chekhov’s text, although he has eliminated or conflated a few minor characters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Roasts are often conflated with competition, but that’s not what “Queer Roast” is.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

It is likely that he conflated two or three in Revere’s portrait.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

Workers at tech companies in particular have been encouraged to ramp up their token consumption — known as “tokenmaxxing” — by employers conflating AI tools with productivity.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

She said there had been "no clear reason" given for Holiday's ban, but that people were "conflating" it with her 2025 post.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

Legal authority and moral or civic wisdom aren’t the same thing, and conflating the two only deepens division and erodes trust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

The statement said conflating voluntary migration and refugee asylum was a "serious mischaracterisation" that undermines international systems to protect persecuted people.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

“That’s not—It’s not—You just can’t go conflating things like that.”

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds