conflation
Example Sentences
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"I used wording that conflates the actions of the state of Israel with the Jewish community. I am deeply sorry for any hurt caused by that conflation and apologise for any hurt caused by it."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Could there be a more emphatic conflation of symbolic maleness and brute force?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
That conflation, he says, threatens to blind people to the real threat.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2024
It is unclear why the original conflation came about, but to state the obvious, it is possible to support Palestine without supporting Hamas.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2024
It is quite obvious that the story as we have it is a conflation of two versions of the anecdote.
From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by R.A. Stewart MacAlister
