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con·found·ing

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  1. confounding, contradictoryadjective

    that confounds or contradicts or confuses

    Synonyms:
    mutually exclusive, conflicting, contradictory, at odds(p), self-contradictory

    Antonyms:
    supportive

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  1. List of paraphrases for "confounding":

    confusion, confusing

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  1. Alex Elson:

    It appears the Biden Administration genuinely wants to help people who are owed discharges, but that makes it all the more confounding that they are so hesitant to use their authority to immediately and automatically help the countless additional borrowers who are still waiting.

  2. Mike Reilly:

    There’s a whole other conversation about ethnic beauty and a similar discussion about what makes a male attractive, so we wanted to avoid those confounding variables.

  3. George Conway:

    Its a confounding display of the intersection of arrogance and ignorance because he doesnt know what weve done on COVID-19.

  4. Hossam Haick:

    The attractiveness of this test lies in its non-invasiveness, ease of use, rapid predictiveness, insensitivity to confounding factors and potentially low cost.

  5. De Neve:

    Work-life balance, job variety and the level of autonomy are other significant drivers, there is a clear distinction in happiness between white and blue collar jobs with managers or professionals evaluating the quality of their lives at a much higher level than those in manual labor jobs even controlling for any possible confounding factors.


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