How to Use conflate in a Sentence
conflate
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Frequent weigh-ins could cause one to conflate health and weight.
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Washington Post,
17 Dec. 2021
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And then the last thing is don't conflate their actions with your worth.
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Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2022
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In the process, eras get conflated.
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Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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This is no time to conflate your rights and your regrets, Eliza.
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Charlotte Cowles,
The Cut,
26 Oct. 2017
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What gets lost is that strength and activism should not be conflated.
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Vogue,
13 May 2018
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Both of these career paths are ones that get conflated with your sense of self.
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Kaitlyn Greenidge,
Harper's BAZAAR,
1 June 2023
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Do not conflate the feeling of sadness with a desire to get him back.
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Meredith Goldstein,
BostonGlobe.com,
2 Dec. 2022
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The teams that conflate the two are the ones that risk losing product-market fit.
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Sourabh Pateriya,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Biden, for his part, has a clear interest in conflating these two things.
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John Cassidy,
The New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2019
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For a while, Brittany does conflate the number on the scale with self-worth.
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Elena Nicolaou,
refinery29.com,
22 Aug. 2019
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Hard to know; records are fragmentary and conflated with myth.
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William Meyers,
WSJ,
14 Jan. 2019
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Don’t make this mistake of conflating style with substance.
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Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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To some, the White House appears to be conflating the two laws.
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Joel Rose,
NPR,
16 May 2025
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Giuliani seems to be conflating funds of the campaign with funds for the campaign.
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Jay Willis,
GQ,
3 May 2018
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The mistake that too many fans make is to conflate business with character.
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Kevin Sherrington,
Dallas News,
12 Oct. 2020
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Still, Michels’ campaign continues to conflate the two, which makes this claim way off base.
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Madeline Heim,
Journal Sentinel,
8 Nov. 2022
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But the two issues—both of which dealt with email—got conflated as one issue in the minds of lots and lots of voters.
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Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
1 June 2017
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Russia wouldn’t be the first nation to conflate economic ruin with an act of war.
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Judy Shelton,
WSJ,
24 Mar. 2022
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What most people get wrong is conflating the theme of the exhibition with the dress code for the evening.
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José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
2 May 2026
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But amid the viral news, confusion also spread and led many to conflate the stories.
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Abigail Abrams,
Time,
31 May 2018
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That’s part of the reason people have such an easy time conflating you with your character.
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Mckinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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That’s part of the reason people have such an easy time conflating you with your character.
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Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
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But the two issues -- both of which dealt with email -- got conflated as one issue in the minds of lots and lots of voters.
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Chris Cillizza,
CNN,
1 June 2017
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To conflate the two, as figures on the right have done quite casually, is unhinged.
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WSJ,
29 Aug. 2022
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To conflate the two is a radical and extreme position to take.
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Tal Axelrod,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2023
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Don’t conflate giving up your body on the court with a selfless, self-effacing demeanor.
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Globe Staff,
BostonGlobe.com,
21 June 2022
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Debates over world trade often conflate two distinct issues.
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Michael Pettis,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Nov. 2025
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In Europe, public opinion tends to conflate the nation and the state.
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John Fund,
National Review,
10 Dec. 2017
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The other is a tendency to conflate a lack of results with media failure.
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Erik Wemple,
Washington Post,
8 July 2024
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This artist’s work, in a Bauhaus vein, always conflates art and architecture.
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Cate McQuaid,
BostonGlobe.com,
19 June 2019
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