Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 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

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

When shark sightings, encounters and bites all get conflated under the catchall umbrella of an "attack", the danger seems greater than it is.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 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