confounding

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But when the researchers took into account confounding factors such as a family history of neurodevelopmental disorders or mothers’ preexisting mental health conditions, the correlation disappeared.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Donald Trump trades stocks at a confounding rate, Everlane is reportedly sold to Shein, and online media is succumbing to bots.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

“We cannot look at this single liver case in a silo,” Raffat wrote, adding that “such cases do tend to occur on other GLPs as well because of various confounding factors.”

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Among the many contentious strongmen who have popped up worldwide in the first decades of the 21st century, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is the most confounding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

But, as with many crimes against American Indians, the question of which government entity had jurisdiction over the Osage murders was confounding.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann