conflicted

Example Sentences

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Dario soon learned that Altman had made a promise that he felt conflicted with that agreement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

“Due to current regulatory gaps, many financial professionals are free to offer biased or conflicted advice, putting commissions or other compensation above the investor’s best interests.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

California voters remain conflicted on the state’s regulation of the oil industry, according to an August survey by the Public Policy Institute of California.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

On the substantive side, Kagan emphasized how the majority’s endorsement of parental rights claims under the due process clause conflicted with its increased resistance to using the clause to protect unenumerated rights.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

This idea conflicted with the accepted physics of light, because it meant that light was not a wave.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife