conflate

It can be all too easy to conflate generosity of spirit with financial largesse.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

It is stated that the Traditional is a conflate text, i.e. that passages have been put together from more than one other text, so that they are composite in construction instead of being simple.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon

Kenyan civil servant Geoffrey Mosiria called for the series to be banned in Kenya, arguing that it conflates polygamy with cheating, fraud and abuse.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

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

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

People have conflated the negative housing cycle with the strength of the business; the stock now trades for 22 times this year’s estimates.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

He tells me that his words to People were conflated and taken out of context and that the outlet updated the article to more fully capture what he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

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

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

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

“A central misperception among investors is conflating the fortunes of speculative crypto assets with the adoption trajectory of payment stablecoins,” Lau wrote.

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026

Legal authority and moral or civic wisdom aren’t the same thing, and conflating the two only deepens division and erodes trust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Fair point on mining, but you’re conflating two different things.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 3, 2026

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

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds