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confounding

[kon-faun-ding, kuhn-] / kɒnˈfaʊn dɪŋ, kən- /














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Which is why Italy’s decadeslong failure to produce a world champion driver had always felt so confounding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

When video of the incident began to spread, it was also confounding far beyond New York.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

This is about as confounding as you can get.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

This approach was designed to reduce bias and account for potential confounding factors.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026

My willingness to eat confused and annoyed the staff, confounding their efforts to understand what I was doing there.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff


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