confounded
Example Sentences
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However, they confounded those expectations and spent the vast majority of the season in the top six.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
The biliary cancer treatment delayed disease progression but failed to meet overall survival targets because of confounded data.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Buchalter is a bit confounded by the sluggishness of Nvidia’s stock recently, as software stocks have slumped.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026
Those experiences helped pave the way for Coinbase, which set about to solve a problem that confounded those eager to invest in cryptocurrencies: There was no place for people to store their digital assets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Just like Mr. Pinkerton had warned me—and I knew from Aunt Kitty’s confounded vocabulary drills—I could put the whole case in jeopardy.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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