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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

Don’t conflate Fama and his merry band of economists at the business school with the Chicago School of Economics, practitioners in the university’s economics department led by another Nobel laureate, Milton Friedman.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

“The future is really about helping people to get on the right treatment for that individual, making sure that we don’t conflate the magnitude of weight loss with health improvements,” Almandoz said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

It’s easy to conflate this with laziness or thoughtlessness.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026

Sometimes again the Codex Zographensis is alone in curious readings which seem to be conflations of the texts found in the other two manuscripts, or based on a conflate Greek text.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

Kenyan civil servant Geoffrey Mosiria called for the series to be banned in Kenya, arguing that it conflates polygamy with cheating, fraud and abuse.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

But the entire debate conflates two quite different things.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

It contains multitudes, conflates life and art, and, evoking Jim Croce, successfully puts time in a bottle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

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

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

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024

Roasts are often conflated with competition, but that’s not what “Queer Roast” is.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

He conflated this with Greece’s S-300s, acquired in the 1990s to resolve a dispute over Cyprus, long before the relevant U.S. sanctions were adopted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

People have conflated the negative housing cycle with the strength of the business; the stock now trades for 22 times this year’s estimates.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

A year later, the alternative rock band Eve’s Plum, fronted by Colleen Fitzpatrick, conflated wearing lipstick with female voicelessness.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 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

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

The critics questioning Abu Dhabi’s and Dubai’s status as global hubs are conflating the security of the moment with structural dynamism and resilience over time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 3, 2026

The statement said conflating voluntary migration and refugee asylum was a "serious mischaracterisation" that undermines international systems to protect persecuted people.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

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

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds