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confuse

[kuhn-fyooz] / kənˈfyuz /




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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

“It’s a hard world for little things,” Lillian Gish famously says in “The Night of the Hunter,” a movie nobody will ever confuse with “The Mandalorian and Grogu.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

To conclude otherwise is to confuse a misuse of military power with the nature of the domain itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

“Sometimes, the wicked will tell us things just to confuse us—to haunt our thoughts long after we’ve faced them. He would be delighted to know you’re still fretting over whatever nonsense he said.”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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