illusion
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His beauty routine included creams, small rituals in pursuit of an illusion he took seriously.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
We take it day by day, week by week, like adults who have finally accepted that certainty is an illusion.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The illusion awakens him to a new means of looking at “nature and culture, the given and the constructed,” wherein these supposed binaries collapse together and exist simultaneously.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
They explore how Top Model’s central promise—a fast track to a career in the fashion industry—was ultimately an illusion used to make great television at the expense of the contestants.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
The walls and high ceiling, both painted black, added to the illusion of boundless space.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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English Words Derived from French, List 1
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