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illusory

[ih-loo-suh-ree, -zuh-] / ɪˈlu sə ri, -zə- /


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She built her fanbase — 12.6 million followers on TikTok, 4.8 million on Instagram — by savvily riding the illusory #tradwife trend when it was as fashionable as she is.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

The apparently illusory swings show the difficulty of accurately counting homeless people in the expanse of north Los Angeles County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

He added he intended to "retire" and would not seek to "influence" his successor, but said that "it is illusory to think that one can fade into the background".

From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026

The FTC’s claimed benefits “are illusory or, at least, unsubstantiated,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Enid Simdars embraced the strictures of Christian Science, a faith that taught that the material world and all the evil that attended it were illusory, that the only reality was spiritual.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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