illusory
Example Sentences
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But many experts caution that predictions of communist rule ending have proved illusory.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
We eagerly drink in the discord because the stakes are illusory, even if the high-strung emotions turn out to be real.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026
And these numbers are “nominal,” meaning they include the illusory gains that come from inflation.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025
If it turns out progress was illusory we will at least have reacquainted ourselves with what optimism in the Mideast feels like—it feels energetic, like something that can get you through the next day.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Strauss simmered through most of the presentation but erupted when Rabi took a potshot at the illusory concept of a “clean” bomb.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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