- present participle of confound.
confounding
Example Sentences
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For those who know of exorcisms primarily from horror movies, the news of a professional exorcist in the nation’s capital causing drama may have been a bit confounding.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
This approach was designed to reduce bias and account for potential confounding factors.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
Eli An analyst noted thin details and potential confounding factors.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Add it all together, and you’re left with perhaps the most fascinating and confounding player in the sport—the perfect distillation of everything that is beautiful and terribly wrong with the modern game.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
I follow Amber in the papers to feel closer to her, but the stories are confounding.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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