The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SYNTHESIS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SYNTHESIS
- Putting together new dissertation after second year
- Oddly saying academic work offers reconciliation of ideas?
- What conflates reporter’s offence with aspiring doctor’s work?
- Dissertation on case of security and origin of nuclear fusion
- Building up sets in shy game
- Something wicked, you might say, presented by the little girl reasoning?
- Concoction from evil sounding dissertation
- Regularly spying on essay about union
- Something wrong reported by the half-sister in the making of compounds
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The straight part
We know that "What conflates" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case what conflates = synthesis.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SYNTHESIS mean?
SYNTHESIS noun- The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
- The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
- A deduction from the general to the particular.
- The combination of thesis and antithesis.
- In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.
- An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.
- (grammar) The uniting of ideas into a sentence.
- The reunion of parts that have been divided.