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His assertion appears to conflate U.S. exports with broader North American shipments, a substantial share of which originate in Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

The branding has worked wonders for the studio’s reputation, leading diehard loyalists to conflate the production-and-distribution company with the art it finances — resulting in capsule collections of merch flying off the digital shelves.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

"People want to conflate that we have global obligations with the turning of our backs to this region," he said, denying that was the case.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

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 Joseph Dunn

"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

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

The criticism of the city conflates those, and that bothers me from a moral perspective.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025

She lets the first verse play, then has the rest of the song soundtrack a montage that speeds through the story and conveniently conflates certain events.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024

The mistake here, as you suggest, is that you have conflated two things: your mother’s ongoing medical needs and her gift to your brother.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

This type of consumption, often referred to as mindless eating, is frequently conflated with overeating.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Aside from moving the play to a new culture more than a century after it was originally set, Mr. Stone hews closely to Chekhov’s text, although he has eliminated or conflated a few minor characters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

It is likely that he conflated two or three in Revere’s portrait.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

And he was attending King Charles III’s AI summit in Scotland where he cautioned against conflating the technology of artificial intelligence with a specific AI product.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

“There’s something fun about conflating the physical aches and pains of middle age with the more metaphysical aches and pains of middle age,” says Tropper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

She said there had been "no clear reason" given for Holiday's ban, but that people were "conflating" it with her 2025 post.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

The firm said Barron’s reporting could be conflating distinct matters.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

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

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds