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"I think we conflate the way we colloquially use the word 'addicted' – like, 'I'm addicted to this show, and I'm binge-watching it' – and clinical addiction," he told a press briefing in Sydney.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Some of them said he would often conflate words—saying one when he meant another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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

It has become awkwardly combined with VI into a conflate narrative, as is shown by the silence about the fox in LA.

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The backlash, though, often conflates flawed implementation with a flawed idea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

It contains multitudes, conflates life and art, and, evoking Jim Croce, successfully puts time in a bottle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

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

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025

Not all are alike, but the average person conflates the terms.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024

The group lost an initial judicial review, but were successful on appeal when Lady Dorrian ruled that the bill "conflates and confuses two separate and distinct protected characteristics".

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2023

But beyond the scientific discussion, society is confronting disruptions such as workplace displacement and a changing relationship to technology — issues Gát believes are being conflated with the consciousness debate.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

In Mac’s case, his agent conflated chat groups with similar names.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

"At no point has UniCredit combined or conflated the different categories that must be disclosed under applicable regulations," it said, accusing Commerzbank's management of doing so "apparently with the aim of generating a misleading narrative".

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 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

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

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

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