- present participle of confound.
confounding
Example Sentences
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Because Golding’s account of his death was so deliberately confounding, I wasn’t sure what happened.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
This approach was designed to reduce bias and account for potential confounding factors.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
Donald Trump trades stocks at a confounding rate, Everlane is reportedly sold to Shein, and online media is succumbing to bots.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
“We cannot look at this single liver case in a silo,” Raffat wrote, adding that “such cases do tend to occur on other GLPs as well because of various confounding factors.”
From Barron's • May 4, 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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