This conflation of gun and disease research even drew criticism within other CDC divisions.

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Sadly such belief is rooted in something that vexes all large organizations: namely the conflation of principle and process.

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The story turned out to be false, a misinterpreted conflation of two existing FCC spectrum orders.

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Net neutrality's embrace of force, its deliberate and mistaken conflation of competition with government-defined and mandatory openness must be challenged and rejected.

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Few people, if any, despise Andrew W.K., whose conflation of fun and empowerment has made him a touring, motivational speaking, and, yes, partying sensation.

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But the conflation of advocacy with science has a high cost.

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He says problems have arisen because of the "conflation" of two distinct things - the pilot and the existing guidance, in place since 2007, that border staff must follow.

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On the other hand, this conflation makes far more sense in the long term, as our electrical grid becomes more sophisticated, and as electric vehicles begin the inevitable switch from internal combustion engines to electric motors or some other renewable source of power.

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