conflate

Don’t conflate Fama and his merry band of economists at the business school with the Chicago School of Economics, practitioners in the university’s economics department led by another Nobel laureate, Milton Friedman.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

"People want to conflate that we have global obligations with the turning of our backs to this region," he said, denying that was the case.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

“The future is really about helping people to get on the right treatment for that individual, making sure that we don’t conflate the magnitude of weight loss with health improvements,” Almandoz said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

It does us no favors to conflate the important gains in racial progress among Gen Z with the real evidence of the impact of the manosphere and red-pill communities.

From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2026

It is stated that the Traditional is a conflate text, i.e. that passages have been put together from more than one other text, so that they are composite in construction instead of being simple.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 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

Not all are alike, but the average person conflates the terms.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024

This anecdote conflates the psychedelic trip that his character undergoes with the actor himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024

The group lost an initial judicial review, but were successful on appeal when Lady Dorrian ruled that the bill "conflates and confuses two separate and distinct protected characteristics".

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2023

That brings the question back to Powell’s board seat, and understanding it requires separating two roles that are easily conflated.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

He tells me that his words to People were conflated and taken out of context and that the outlet updated the article to more fully capture what he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

A year later, the alternative rock band Eve’s Plum, fronted by Colleen Fitzpatrick, conflated wearing lipstick with female voicelessness.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 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 prize had nothing to do with the chicken heart, but articles about his award conflated the immortal chicken-heart cells with his transplantation work, and suddenly it sounded like he’d found the fountain of youth.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

Workers at tech companies in particular have been encouraged to ramp up their token consumption — known as “tokenmaxxing” — by employers conflating AI tools with productivity.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

The critics questioning Abu Dhabi’s and Dubai’s status as global hubs are conflating the security of the moment with structural dynamism and resilience over time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

“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

Tree said there are notable differences between terrorists and cartel members and that conflating the two is intentionally confusing.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2026

“That’s not—It’s not—You just can’t go conflating things like that.”

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds