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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

I asked him to explain what was actually wrong with the SPLC, and how best not to conflate that with what the Trump administration is alleging now.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 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

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

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

From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by R.A. Stewart MacAlister

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

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

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

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024

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

There are a number of issues that are conflated in that scenario, so let me try to address each of them.

From Barron's ● Mar. 28, 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

“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 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

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

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 3, 2026

But I always hear myself displacing the two languages, conflating them—maybe conflagrating them—for there’s so much rubbing and friction, a fire always threatens to blow up between the tongues.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee