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muddled with vs muddled from

Both "muddled with" and "muddled from" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Muddled with" is used when something is mixed up or confused with something else, while "muddled from" is used when something is confused or unclear because of its origin or source.

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muddled with

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when something is mixed up or confused with something else. It implies a state of confusion or disorder.

Examples:

The instructions were muddled with unnecessary details.
Her thoughts were muddled with conflicting emotions.
The report was muddled with inaccuracies.

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They're muddled with that.
My memories of him are really muddled up with Doctor Who.
The police must have muddled Downton with some other place.
Elderflower liqueur with some muddled thyme.
It's all a bit muddled in with everything else.
The content was often muddled and delivered with little focus or care.
We would like our draft amendments to contribute to ensuring that the report on the problems of frontier workers sticks with this issue, and that it is not muddled up with other sets of problems.
They are the points of entry and departure, the mouth of an imagined body of the nation-state, where the foreign gets muddled up with the familiar and land-locked certainty is blurred by maritime exchange.
The narrative structure is somewhat muddled, with a prevalence of the fabula over the plays that makes it more similar to the Suppositi than the Cassaria. Albeit an unfinished work, the development of the narrative seems confused, labyrinth-like and hard to untangle.
Rather, the fact that must be emphasized is that all forms of culture are fragile and at risk of being lost over the years, at risk of being engulfed by globalization and muddled up with new forms of mass culture without any link with tradition.
Michell Argo, modified with the same Panasonic potmeter as in the Orca. Originally it was a bit muddled and electronic, with looks and feel like a toy, but the potmeter brought a serious increase in sweetness and overall usability.
Only clarifying... a muddled recollection.
I always get them muddled up.
Strawberries, bread, balsamic muddled strawberry bruschetta.
Our relationship's already all muddled anyways.
Her world view is completely muddled.
The Q has muddled your mind.
I can't have got the days muddled.
A plain, simple, muddled, fat-headed human being.
It seems you're more muddled than ever.

Alternatives:

confused with
mixed up with
jumbled with
blurred with
entangled with

muddled from

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when something is confused or unclear because of its origin or source. It implies a lack of clarity or understanding due to the starting point.

Examples:

The meaning of the poem was muddled from its complex language.
The truth was muddled from the conflicting testimonies.
The decision was muddled from the unclear guidelines.

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The only people who would benefit from muddled legislation are the patent lawyers.
Only clarifying... a muddled recollection.
I always get them muddled up.
Strawberries, bread, balsamic muddled strawberry bruschetta.
Elderflower liqueur with some muddled thyme.
Our relationship's already all muddled anyways.
Her world view is completely muddled.
The Q has muddled your mind.
I can't have got the days muddled.
A plain, simple, muddled, fat-headed human being.
It seems you're more muddled than ever.
The lady's a bit muddled.
The position in factual and legal terms is consequently very muddled.
I'm sorry if my thoughts are muddled.
I always get them two muddled up.
Muddled them both up in my head.
In-house counsel has a muddled agenda, at best.
You know the drive tires him awfully and he gets very muddled.
They've muddled up our paper, this is the Telegraph.
The two categories of member must not be muddled.

Alternatives:

confused by
obscured by
unclear due to
ambiguous because of
complicated by

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