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confuse

[kuhn-fyooz] / kənˈfjuz /




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Behavioral-finance experts say this stems from the “endowment effect”: a psychological bias where we overvalue what we already own and confuse familiarity with financial security.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

Don't confuse it with your cash in the bank.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

But lest anyone confuse him with a mortal, he followed up with a pair of goals to become the tournament’s all-time leading scorer.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026

"Our wives look so alike that even their family members sometimes confuse them. We don't mix them up, we know our own wives very well," Kehinde Oguntoye said.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

To avoid future misunderstandings, however, CBS programs would no longer use “a simulated news broadcast within a dramatization” that could confuse listeners.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow




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