confusion
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One reason for the confusion is that healthy macrophages already show some of the same molecular features seen in senescent cells, making it difficult to distinguish between normal and dysfunctional states.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026
Mr. Trueman contends that the loss of belief in man’s sacredness, depending as it did on a belief in God, occasioned the descent into confusion we constantly regret, without knowing quite why.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Abandoned at the airport with nothing but a leash and a lot of confusion, a young goldendoodle has landed on the couch of the officer who rescued him.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
"Despair" was the word a third of respondents chose when asked to describe their current emotion, followed by "confusion" and "anger".
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Rachel tilted her head in mock confusion that probably seemed real to everyone else.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Vocabulary lists containing confusion
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act IV
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 4
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Part 1 Vocabulary (Unit 3)
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