Sentence examples for mixed apples from inspiring English sources

Much of the argument over who deserves the gold has mixed apples and oranges.

But in studying the document, the subcommittee may have mixed apples and oranges.

Practicing economists will, no doubt, argue that I have mixed apples and oranges: handbags and potatoes are, after all, consumption goods, while postsecondary education should be considered as an investment.

Sun doesn't find I.B.M.'s campaign very amusing and accuses it of mixing apples and oranges.

They found that stock pundits routinely mix apples and oranges when they cite the P/E ratio to bolster bullish statements about the market.

At the risk of mixing apples and oranges, I hope the wizards who dreamed up the Bowl Championship Series for college football have been watching the last two weeks to see how an authentic meritocracy works: no he-said, she-said mumbo jumbo, just 65 select teams fighting through a tournament in earnest.

However, meta-analysis requires rigour in methodology, in order to avoid "mixing apples and oranges".

Some say it's mixing apples and oranges.

Sassen's essay might include the book's gravest example of mixing apples with oranges, or Toledos with Istanbuls.

criticized Republican leaders for "mixing apples and oranges" by trying to push the health care bill and continuing resolution through the chamber back-to-back.

These studies should focus not only on the biological but also on the pathophysiologic and pathogenetic plausibility of observed data; they should avoid mixing "apples and oranges".