confounding

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But when the researchers took into account confounding factors such as a family history of neurodevelopmental disorders or mothers’ preexisting mental health conditions, the correlation disappeared.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Eli An analyst noted thin details and potential confounding factors.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Among the many contentious strongmen who have popped up worldwide in the first decades of the 21st century, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is the most confounding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

One particularly confounding and repeated grievance is the film’s title.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

Their commitment to their faith is confounding a long-held assumption that, like earlier generations of Baptists or Pentecostals, prosperous evangelicals would abandon their religious ties or trade them for membership in establishment churches.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times