conflates
- present tense form of conflate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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But the entire debate conflates two quite different things.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
One conflates “the child actors from ‘Stranger Things,’” with AI as “the greatest threat to humanity right now.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
The criticism of the city conflates those, and that bothers me from a moral perspective.
From Slate • Aug. 15, 2025
Not all are alike, but the average person conflates the terms.
From Salon • Dec. 6, 2024
According to Dr. Barzilai, Mr. Johnson sometimes conflates markers of health, like lung capacity, with markers of aging.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024