Progressives consider this a civil rights battle, but that conflates demographic distinctions with behavior patterns.

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The biggest difficulty is that the proposed new diploma conflates quality and quantity.

ECONOMIST: Education

He conflates what were two expeditions to Darien into one ("You can't have two climaxes in a novel, " is his sensible excuse).

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The tale irresistibly conflates two of the oldest archetypes in literature.

NEWYORKER: Unsinkable

And while there is no doubt that victims of actual sexual assault or truly debilitating harassment deserve the utmost protection, sweeping verbal expression into the same fold conflates two very different phenomena.

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This unhelpfully conflates monetary and fiscal policy.

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