confounding
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For those who know of exorcisms primarily from horror movies, the news of a professional exorcist in the nation’s capital causing drama may have been a bit confounding.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
This approach was designed to reduce bias and account for potential confounding factors.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
Eli An analyst noted thin details and potential confounding factors.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Playing a confounding, cantankerous old painter who hasn’t touched a canvas in at least 20 years, Mr. McKellen delivers yet another marvelous late-career highlight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The young, photogenic Yale-, Oxford-, and Harvard-educated lawyer had learned just how confounding the problems of urban America were.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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