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conflate

[kuhn-fleyt] / kənˈfleɪt /


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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

The other issue is your letter appears to conflate separate legal roles.

From MarketWatch May 25, 2026

The Founders didn’t conflate theology with virtue or believe religion has meaning without the underlying common morals it imparts.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

They imagine that they have already been led by “independent Evidence” to regard “the longer readings as conflate each from the two earlier readings:”—whereas, up to p.

From The Revision Revised 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

But the entire debate conflates two quite different things.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

One conflates “the child actors from ‘Stranger Things,’” with AI as “the greatest threat to humanity right now.”

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

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

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

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

That brings the question back to Powell’s board seat, and understanding it requires separating two roles that are easily conflated.

From Barron's Mar. 18, 2026

He has embarrassingly conflated Iraq and Iran, and backpedaled on whether the U.S. is at war, but he has never shied away from a cable news hit.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2026

It said the researchers relied on an outdated and narrow data set to reach unwarranted conclusions, and conflated correlation with causation.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

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

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

The statement said conflating voluntary migration and refugee asylum was a "serious mischaracterisation" that undermines international systems to protect persecuted people.

From Barron's Oct. 31, 2025

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

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds



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