illusion

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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

It is actually something of an optical illusion, for the options are not getting more expensive in terms of price as the earnings date approaches, but in fact are remaining the same.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Scotland fans on social media have compared the new away jersey to the optical illusion dress that became an internet sensation in 2015.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

“A move away from the layered, the blobby, the clean — to something with more illusion of or allusion to an id.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

“If you’ve been here then you probably haven’t heard that Moreau is free. I think one of his other apprentices was using an illusion to take his place.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston