illusion
Example Sentences
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That ownership created an illusion of safety — not because prices could not fall, but because investors assumed liquidity would always be available.
From MarketWatch
The latter is notable for its off-center, diagonal composition, which creates the illusion that the space of the painting and that of the church are one.
Such loveliness as he had seen was an illusion.
From Literature
The so-called creative-cliff illusion leads us to abandon the search before it heats up.
Doing something your brain tells you is structurally impossible was like inhabiting an optical illusion and we all laughed as we scaled the multi-tiered falls with the occasional assistance of a tethered rope.
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