conflate
verb (used with object)
to fuse into one entity; merge.
has conflated
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present perfectof conflate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“Unfortunately, the Administrative Hearings Office has conflated the petitions and fundamentally enlarged the scope of this hearing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2025
Obama acknowledged that streaming has conflated television and film releases, the latter of which have largely been withdrawn from theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2020
Gerwig has conflated the book’s two halves in a way that honors the permeable boundary between adolescence and adulthood as a series of impressionistic joys and crises.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2020
Do I think it’s possible that over the years Dylan Farrow has conflated false memories into believing them since the alterative, admitting to herself it was a lie, is too devastating to confess?
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2014
But Martin Katz, Home's longtime accompanist, has conflated the 1711 and 1731 versions, trimming the recitatives, shortening some arias, shuffling others and even adding a duet from Handel's Ad-meto.
From Time Magazine Archive
