CONFLATED Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

conflated

verb

Definition of conflated

past tense of conflate

as in confused

to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related be careful not to conflate gossip with real news

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as in mixed

to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout the movie conflates documentary footage and dramatized reenactments so seamlessly and ingeniously that viewers may not know what is real and what is not

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Recent Examples of conflated For those who oppose book bans, those qualities are easily conflated. — Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026 Investing, retirement savings, and even an active trading strategy should never be conflated with low-odds, the-house-always-wins betting. — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 July 2026 Turns out, being conflated with the characters one plays is not uncommon, at least for the TV stars gathered at THR‘s Drama Actors Emmy Roundtable. — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2026 The article previously called the gates that introduce magic Toffoli gates and conflated them with a simpler gate called the T gate. — Quanta Magazine, 3 June 2026 Rinna briefly conflated the mayor’s race with the California’s equally bonkers gubernatorial contest. — Marc Malkin, Variety, 26 May 2026 Too often, operational excellence gets conflated with cost control or efficiency initiatives. — Daniah Robertson, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 Huang said this demonstrates the difference between a job’s task and its purpose, which often get conflated by AI doomsayers. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 2 May 2026 But some researchers told the Science Media Center that the Cochrane review conflated failed drugs such as aducanumab with newer ones, thus hiding the effect of the more modern treatments. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 17 Apr. 2026

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And this isn't even the first time the USC athletic department has gotten its ancient Greek literature confused.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
The Blazers say a handshake agreement with Mayor Keith Wilson, the city and the county was made in March, and are confused why there has been a shift.

— Jason Quick, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of confused

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But soaking produce in water with a few teaspoons of baking soda mixed in can get fruit and veggies even cleaner and potentially remove leftover pesticide residue too.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
In Greater China, which includes the Hong Kong and Macao markets, the picture was mixed, with retail sales rising 9 percent on a stable store base, but wholesale replenishment orders described as modest.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 21 July 2026

Definition of mixed

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That's more than round-trip flights between New York and Singapore, Los Angeles and Doha, Qatar, and London and the Australian city of Perth combined.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Mbappe has combined well with Michael Olise, profiting from three assists provided by the Bayern Munich player.

— Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 18 July 2026

Definition of combined

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Performance, fashion, choreography, and storytelling merged into a single visual package that could be broadcast repeatedly into millions of homes.

— Kara Rogers Britannica Editors July 21, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026
The company had an enterprise value of nearly $6 billion after Saudi telco stc merged its own tower portfolio with TAWAL in 2024.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of merged

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Mohammed also said the Popular Mobilization Forces, or PMF, an umbrella organization integrated into Iraq's security forces, was never disbanded after ISIS's territorial defeat.

— Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
On average, companies use 1,057 applications; however, only 27% of those are integrated.

— TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of integrated

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Naturally, those walks have often turned into quests for something cold, boozy and blended.

— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
After the red paint disappeared, the curbs blended back into the concrete, leaving drivers to determine whether parking was allowed under a new California law aimed at improving visibility at intersections.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of blended

Verb

Yet that experience was not always incorporated into government planning and decision-making.

— Tara Kolar Bryan, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
Supporters describe it as a broad roadmap for addressing health disparities, noting that many of its individual provisions have been incorporated into other bills even as the broader proposal has stalled.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026

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