This type of conflation is pervasive in ID circuits. From Wordnik.com. [A Decade Spanning Single Exchange] Reference
I thought it was a conflation, by analogy with the 3rd sense of "conflation" given by the OED 1933 ed. From Wordnik.com. [On also, too] Reference
Note that we don't have a 'conflation' here, but a change of time perspective as the sentence proceeds. From Wordnik.com. [On also, too] Reference
It's not a "conflation" to associate the tea people, and their barbarism, with the GOP. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
How about "conflation", the dictionary definition of which is conveniently the coming together of two things?. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Such a conflation is a tough pill to swallow. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Lyon: We Need Another Old Hickory] Reference
Actually it is the conflation of both just referred to. From Wordnik.com. [Herman Daly Festschrift~ The world is in over-shoot and what to do about it] Reference
Nice conflation of primary numbers vs. downticket effect. From Wordnik.com. [Kentucky Rep. Ben Chandler Endorsing Obama] Reference
No doubt he could pen a seamless conflation, if he agrees. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
It doesn't matter that that's a total conflation of facts. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Hits Obama For Ayers Connection] Reference
One was the conflation of Iraq, Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 5, 2006] Reference
At times, the conflation of the two has led to substantial human suffering. From Wordnik.com. [Science, evolution, and ideology] Reference
On several levels this is an absurd and, in these times, a toxic conflation. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
It probably does not affect anyone else because of the unique conflation in. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
You cannot cross the line from conflation of events to a distortion of the event, no. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2006] Reference
GDA (1901), from Argyll, perhaps a conflation of the candy rhyme and "Bobbie Shafto". From Wordnik.com. [Coulters Candy] Reference
It's her implicit conflation of YouTube with the sound-bitification of political coverage. From Wordnik.com. [How YouTube is Replacing the Soundbite with the Soundblast] Reference
It is quite obvious that the story as we have it is a conflation of two versions of the anecdote. From Wordnik.com. [The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints] Reference
And I think what's happening in this book is there's a conflation of disagreement with dysfunction. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2006] Reference
Only through conflation, distortion, and fear could we become so afraid of a mere recreation center. From Wordnik.com. [Joshua Stanton: Islamophobia: Targeting an American Community] Reference
Politically, in 1969/70 (and with the assistance of Paisley) the Provos indulged in that conflation. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
This total conflation of composer and subject is misleading, and it's at the heart of the production. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Offenbach] Reference
Your sentence is an example of the conflation often referred to as 'the carriage and the flood of tears'. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Ms. Miller called the mix of civil and religious elements of marriage an often "messy conflation of the two.". From Wordnik.com. [The Good Book and Gay Marriage] Reference
Talk about conflation ... no wonder I dont go on biblestudy websites with my questions about life! eeeekola!!!. From Wordnik.com. [wench77 Diary Entry] Reference
Some pastor-bloggers were bemoaning what they consider the conflation of celebrity, politics and spirituality. From Wordnik.com. [Glenn Beck may be unlikely leader for conservative Christians] Reference
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