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confounding

[kon-faun-ding, kuhn-] / kɒnˈfaʊn dɪŋ, kən- /














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A man of confounding contradictions, Bakker died Monday, his wife announced in a statement on his Instagram account.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

In the past week alone, he has written about the head-scratching Philadelphia Phillies and the utterly confounding Chandler Simpson of the Tampa Bay Rays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

This is about as confounding as you can get.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

This approach was designed to reduce bias and account for potential confounding factors.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026

The best chance of avoiding and confounding the beasts that lie below is to be as unpredictable as the sea and sky.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman


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