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confuse

[kuhn-fyooz] / kənˈfjuz /




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Nor should its members confuse remembering everything with understanding anything.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

"Silkyara taught me never to confuse unlikely with impossible," he said.

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

From a distance, that makes it easy to confuse him with a coach but, given his role on the pitch, it is a fitting mistake.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Either Bass or Raman could win, but if the public’s understanding of the markets is murky, experts say, voters may confuse their speculation for certainty.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

People who confuse these must drive veterinarians crazy.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

This creates what is known as the doorway effect, which confuses our brains.

From BBC May 29, 2026

“It confuses me that we’re struggling with that as a society. Internet access is a basic need.”

From Salon Apr. 26, 2026

“True, we’ve had misunderstandings. Though the ring knows when I’ve been walking, it confuses my harried morning routine for housework. After making a dinner one night, the ring asked whether I’d been on the elliptical.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

Evercore also asserts the Citrini scenario confuses the individual company implications and the macroeconomic implications of agentic price discovery.

From MarketWatch Feb. 24, 2026

But this confuses the grammatical category “adjective” with the grammatical function “modifier.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The only time Duterte had been seen since his arrest in March 2025 was an initial appearance via video, where he seemed confused and tired, his speech barely audible.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Songs mimicking the style or sound of famous musicians have gone viral, sometimes leaving fans confused about their authenticity.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

“I understand having a deluge of information from many sources and just being confused and having concerns,” Jones said at the news conference.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

The 49ers unsurprisingly held and promptly drove 99 yards to score on a 15-yard pass from Brock Purdy to Deebo Samuel between three confused defenders to clinch it.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

So many things confused the boy, starting with all the words she was saying, and her railroad train of a name, and her suggestion that she was in charge of him.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

This is where things get confusing, as three days after the Missouri Supreme Court issued its ruling, Hoskins ran to the U.S.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Setting AI budgets has turned out to be—and continues to be—a confusing nightmare.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Litowitz: There is a big difference, and yes, confusing them can cost investors a great deal of money.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

He is now 81 points ahead of team-mate George Russell, who finished fifth after a difficult race on a confusing strategy, and 101 clear of Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton, who retired early on with brake failure.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Sometimes the horizon disappeared in a confusing glimmer that seemed to be neither earth nor sky.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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