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conflate

[kuhn-fleyt] / kənˈfleɪt /


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However, he told the inquiry "the benefit of hindsight should not conflate" what his assessment was of Calocane at the time.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

You see this sort of language used when people conflate various definitions of globalism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

It’s easy to conflate this with laziness or thoughtlessness.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

I think that’s one of the reasons why no one’s really wanted to touch this issue for this age group because they conflate it with the Middle East.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

For their part, police publicly conflate all hacking crimes with robbing payphones with crowbars.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce



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