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I asked him to explain what was actually wrong with the SPLC, and how best not to conflate that with what the Trump administration is alleging now.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

Whether you feel a moral obligation is a deeply personal choice, but you should not conflate compassion with unlimited responsibility.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Some of them said he would often conflate words—saying one when he meant another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

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

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

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

The backlash, though, often conflates flawed implementation with a flawed idea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

Descovich mentions a version of this, but in doing so conflates the word “truth” with “fact.”

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2025

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

He conflated this with Greece’s S-300s, acquired in the 1990s to resolve a dispute over Cyprus, long before the relevant U.S. sanctions were adopted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

People have conflated the negative housing cycle with the strength of the business; the stock now trades for 22 times this year’s estimates.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

“Misinformation was circulating that conflated these parking lot safety measures with immigration enforcement. That is false,” she wrote in an email.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

The trip began with a bit of drama that some later conflated: Air Force One, enroute to Davos, had to turn around because of an electrical problem in the Boeing 747.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026

It is likely that he conflated two or three in Revere’s portrait.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

“A central misperception among investors is conflating the fortunes of speculative crypto assets with the adoption trajectory of payment stablecoins,” Lau wrote.

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 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

You’re conflating two different problems: hackers and hardware.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 28, 2025

Gray calls this attitude part of “conspicuous resilience,” conflating being temporarily displaced and inconvenienced with being oppressed and vulnerable, leading to the celebration and glorification of a recovery that mostly benefits the few.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

But I always hear myself displacing the two languages, conflating them—maybe conflagrating them—for there’s so much rubbing and friction, a fire always threatens to blow up between the tongues.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee