conflation
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Yet Edward soon recoiled from this facile conflation, transferring a year later, in 1900, to the New York School of Art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
"I used wording that conflates the actions of the state of Israel with the Jewish community. I am deeply sorry for any hurt caused by that conflation and apologise for any hurt caused by it."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
His professional unease is echoed by the novel’s gently surreal bending of time and space and its metaphorical conflation of life and film.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025
That conflation, he says, threatens to blind people to the real threat.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2024
If therefore both expressions occur in one of the elements, the Conflation has been made beforehand, and a substitution then occurs instead of a conflation.
From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Edward Miller
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