How to Use conflate in a Sentence

conflate

verb
  • Because usually schisms conflate only when they are supported by the state, and this was the case in the Ukraine.
    The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Both of those behaviors need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they shouldn’t be conflated.
    Mike Miller, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • To some, the strong sense of waiting suggests that this is an Advent poem; yet that is to conflate Christ and love in a way that the words clearly do not intend.
    The Economist, 16 Dec. 2017
  • Both of those behaviors need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they shouldn’t be conflated, right?...
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Both of those behaviors need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they shouldn’t be conflated, right? ...
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The fight against liberalism in the context of morality and religion is conflated with the fight against liberalism in the political sense.
    Philip Bump, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2018
  • In many cases, articles conflate the very real issues with medical devices or GPS tracking on cell phones with implantable chips.
    Yael Grauer, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2018
  • And then the last thing is don't conflate their actions with your worth.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2022
  • For a while, Brittany does conflate the number on the scale with self-worth.
    Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Frequent weigh-ins could cause one to conflate health and weight.
    Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Some conflate this with the Big Bang of cosmic creation.
    Harish Pullanoor, Quartz India, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Do not conflate the feeling of sadness with a desire to get him back.
    Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Both of these career paths are ones that get conflated with your sense of self.
    Kaitlyn Greenidge, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 June 2023
  • There was Rock the Vote, which people often conflate with Choose or Lose.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2023
  • Giuliani seems to be conflating funds of the campaign with funds for the campaign.
    Jay Willis, GQ, 3 May 2018
  • What gets lost is that strength and activism should not be conflated.
    Vogue, 13 May 2018
  • There are hundreds of other Jazz Age relics that conflate the flapper and the crossword as icons of the Zeitgeist.
    Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2021
  • In Oz, prettiness and virtue are conflated, and Glinda is the fairest of them all.
    Pam Grossman, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2019
  • The bigger issue, in the lawyer’s mind, has been Ripple’s effort to conflate its case with the rest of the industry.
    Byleo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 14 June 2023
  • Still, Michels’ campaign continues to conflate the two, which makes this claim way off base.
    Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Their wishes should not be conflated with those of Hamas.
    Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2024
  • To allow these two to be conflated is to lose the fight, as the EU is currently doing.
    Jan Dutkiewicz, Vox, 2 May 2024
  • The health discovery made headlines around the time of his acting break, and the two got conflated in reports.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
  • Biden, for his part, has a clear interest in conflating these two things.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2019
  • The fan may have attempted to conflate Mills' dreadlocks hairstyle with one of the characters from the film.
    Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Musk's legal threat conflates three of his current projects.
    Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But amid the viral news, confusion also spread and led many to conflate the stories.
    Abigail Abrams, Time, 31 May 2018
  • To conflate the two, as figures on the right have done quite casually, is unhinged.
    WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Trump and his allies appear to be conflating two different funds.
    NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Quint warns that in efforts to apply race and ethnicity data, researchers and policymakers should be careful not to conflate a person’s health with these factors alone.
    Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024

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