- present participle of confound.
confounding
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When video of the incident began to spread, it was also confounding far beyond New York.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
What emerges is a book as entertaining as it is informative, a smartly crafted account that covers a broad swath of history’s most confounding puzzles and startling rediscoveries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
This is about as confounding as you can get.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
This approach was designed to reduce bias and account for potential confounding factors.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026
Their banter might be hilarious were it not so confounding and, often, scary.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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