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They dig into the research on socioeconomic integration, the tendency to conflate race and class, and the problem with asking individual parents to solve what is really a policy problem.

From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026

Some of them said he would often conflate words—saying one when he meant another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The branding has worked wonders for the studio’s reputation, leading diehard loyalists to conflate the production-and-distribution company with the art it finances — resulting in capsule collections of merch flying off the digital shelves.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

"People want to conflate that we have global obligations with the turning of our backs to this region," he said, denying that was the case.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

They will argue, and I agree, that the use of the term "property" can cause people mistakenly to conflate these rights with those to physical property.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle

It conflates European recycling systems with the market-based infrastructure that drives recycling in the U.S. and misses a more important question.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

This definition conflates Jewish people with the state of Israel while also maintaining that conflating Jewish people with the state of Israel is itself antisemitic.

From Slate ● May 29, 2025

“The public conflates that with the truth: ‘They’re telling it like it is.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2025

Not all are alike, but the average person conflates the terms.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024

The group lost an initial judicial review, but were successful on appeal when Lady Dorrian ruled that the bill "conflates and confuses two separate and distinct protected characteristics".

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2023

The mistake here, as you suggest, is that you have conflated two things: your mother’s ongoing medical needs and her gift to your brother.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

This type of consumption, often referred to as mindless eating, is frequently conflated with overeating.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

There are a number of issues that are conflated in that scenario, so let me try to address each of them.

From Barron's ● Mar. 28, 2026

He tells me that his words to People were conflated and taken out of context and that the outlet updated the article to more fully capture what he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

The prize had nothing to do with the chicken heart, but articles about his award conflated the immortal chicken-heart cells with his transplantation work, and suddenly it sounded like he’d found the fountain of youth.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

And he was attending King Charles III’s AI summit in Scotland where he cautioned against conflating the technology of artificial intelligence with a specific AI product.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

“There’s something fun about conflating the physical aches and pains of middle age with the more metaphysical aches and pains of middle age,” says Tropper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

She said there had been "no clear reason" given for Holiday's ban, but that people were "conflating" it with her 2025 post.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

Fair point on mining, but you’re conflating two different things.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 3, 2026

“That’s not—It’s not—You just can’t go conflating things like that.”

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds