conflation

Example Sentences

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A dreamy conflation of 1970s soft rock and 80s new wave hooks, it was heralded by the smash hit As It Was, and was showered with awards.

From BBC

What felt absurd in 2013 looks uncannily familiar now: the obsession with purity, the conflation of wellness with luxury, the belief that food is never just food but a lifestyle choice, a status symbol, a moral performance.

From Salon

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

Could there be a more emphatic conflation of symbolic maleness and brute force?

From Los Angeles Times

On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Aviation Administration, the FBI, and the Department of Defense issued a joint statement stating that the seeming rush of drones was a conflation of disparate events and misidentifications.

From Salon