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confuse

[kuhn-fyooz] / kənˈfyuz /




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It should not confuse every relative-price shock with monetary inflation or every labor-market improvement with “overheating.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

As “Obsession” so painstakingly reminds the viewer over the next 90-some minutes, a romance and a love story are not the same thing, and our ability to so easily confuse the two is Barker’s point.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

A doppelganger challenges Senator Dan Sullivan, in a bid to confuse Last Frontier voters in a ranked-choice voting system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

“It’s a hard world for little things,” Lillian Gish famously says in “The Night of the Hunter,” a movie nobody will ever confuse with “The Mandalorian and Grogu.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into wars, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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