conflate

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

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

Don’t conflate Fama and his merry band of economists at the business school with the Chicago School of Economics, practitioners in the university’s economics department led by another Nobel laureate, Milton Friedman.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

However, he told the inquiry "the benefit of hindsight should not conflate" what his assessment was of Calocane at the time.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

And while Sweeney has certainly faced her own share of critics throughout her relatively young career, director David Michôd’s film is eager to conflate these two stories.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

In order to present the Táin in its completest form, however, I have adopted the novel plan of incorporating in the LL. account the translations of what are known as conflate readings.

From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Dunn, Joseph

But the entire debate conflates two quite different things.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Descovich mentions a version of this, but in doing so conflates the word “truth” with “fact.”

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2025

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

“The public conflates that with the truth: ‘They’re telling it like it is.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2025

According to Dr. Barzilai, Mr. Johnson sometimes conflates markers of health, like lung capacity, with markers of aging.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

He conflated this with Greece’s S-300s, acquired in the 1990s to resolve a dispute over Cyprus, long before the relevant U.S. sanctions were adopted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

That brings the question back to Powell’s board seat, and understanding it requires separating two roles that are easily conflated.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

He has embarrassingly conflated Iraq and Iran, and backpedaled on whether the U.S. is at war, but he has never shied away from a cable news hit.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

The prize had nothing to do with the chicken heart, but articles about his award conflated the immortal chicken-heart cells with his transplantation work, and suddenly it sounded like he’d found the fountain of youth.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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

The critics questioning Abu Dhabi’s and Dubai’s status as global hubs are conflating the security of the moment with structural dynamism and resilience over time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 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

The author warns that conflating biblical prophecy with secular conspiracies undermines both theological integrity and rational critique.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2025

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

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds