apparent confusion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofapparentandconfusion
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apparent
adjective
uk/əˈpær.ənt/us/əˈper.ənt/
able to be seen ...
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confusion
noun
uk/kənˈfjuː.ʒən/us/kənˈfjuː.ʒən/
a situation in which people do not understand what is happening, what they should do or who someone or ...
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(Definition ofapparentandconfusionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In one case, there was anapparentconfusionbetween the requirements of confidentiality and informed consent.
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Unfortunately, the discussion is difficult to follow because ofapparentconfusionin use of the features ' strident ' and ' sibilant ' to describe the segments involved.
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Could that not be the explanation of theapparentconfusion?
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I quite agree, and that is the reason why we have to explain theapparentconfusion.
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Once the primary condition has been treated, theapparentconfusionis reduced.
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We were also concerned aboutapparentconfusionover the term "untreatable".
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Given that all we have witnessed today isapparentconfusion, dereliction and seeming lack of grip, we must demand better.
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That is why in point 12 of the report we deplore theapparentconfusionbetween the use of common positions and common measures.
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That may have accounted for theapparentconfusionin some of the points which he put to me.
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Thisapparentconfusion, in which social defeat generates behavioral and neuroendocrine effects, both of which depending on social contextual variables, raises the question of how to interpret this data.
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