illusory

Example Sentences

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The tax would even be levied on illusory assets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

And even that 600,000 gain last year could prove illusory once the government updates the data to be more accurate.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

While students in Illinois tended to report the top line as longer, Zulu pastoralists in South Africa had a much weaker response, barely experiencing the illusory effects.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2025

Your song “The Outside” on this new record talks about the illusory nature of happiness and success.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

There could be no safety, no repose but illusory while such deeds went on in darkness.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson