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Examples of conflate in a Sentence
be careful not to conflate gossip with real news
the movie conflates documentary footage and dramatized reenactments so seamlessly and ingeniously that viewers may not know what is real and what is not
Recent Examples of conflate from the Web
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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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Such views tend to conflate the Tizon family with white slave masters, Lola with black slaves, and their household with the plantation.
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Carlos V. Villegas, 25, another plaintiff, said the students conflated the right to free speech with the right to take over a public building.
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The various contributing factors are conflated into a single rating that can sometimes miss the mark, hiding the nuanced information parents need to match their style with movie choices for their children.
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Did You Know?
We're not just blowing hot air when we tell you that conflate can actually be traced back to the same roots as the English verb blow. Conflate derives from conflatus, the past participle of the Latin verb conflare ("to blow together, to fuse"), which was formed by combining the prefix com- with the verb flare, meaning "to blow." The source of Latin flare is the same ancient root word that gave us blow. Other descendants of flare in English include afflatus ("a divine imparting of knowledge or power"), inflate, insufflation ("an act of blowing"), and flageolet (a kind of small flute-the flageolet referring to a green kidney bean is unrelated).
Origin and Etymology of conflate
Latin conflatus, past participle of conflare to blow together, fuse, from com- + flare to blow — more at blow
First Known Use: 1610
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