confuse
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But people often confuse the homelessness crisis and the behavioral health system crisis because these two crises converge—a dearth of affordable housing, and a lack of residential and inpatient treatment options.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The other is to confuse annual savings and cumulative savings.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
As “Obsession” so painstakingly reminds the viewer over the next 90-some minutes, a romance and a love story are not the same thing, and our ability to so easily confuse the two is Barker’s point.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
Hirsch tells Barron’s that the accounting may confuse investors used to the public markets, where the best price for an asset is what you just paid.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Mendel’s garden plot may have been small—but he did not confuse its size with that of his scientific ambition.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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