- present tense form of confuse (3rd person singular).
confuses
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It confuses people, convolutes them, merges records of people with similar names, and in general has been deemed unreliable by data experts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
That claim confuses the moral freedom of individuals with a particular religious or institutional order.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
This creates what is known as the doorway effect, which confuses our brains.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Day trader Alex Henderson confuses his betrothed Ashley Carpenter with a shifting backstory involving frequent moves and overlapping dating histories, all attributed to his “nomadic lifestyle.”
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
I was also taught that a “noun” is a word for a person, place, or thing, which confuses a grammatical category with a semantic category.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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