illusory
Example Sentences
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This would neutralize the board’s argument about Paramount’s “illusory” financing.
From MarketWatch
Warner’s rejection had focused on what it had called an “illusory” offer, raising concerns about the credibility of the equity being offered by Paramount.
And these numbers are “nominal,” meaning they include the illusory gains that come from inflation.
From MarketWatch
Toner-Rodgers’s illusory success seems in part thanks to the dynamics he has now upset: an academic culture at MIT where high levels of trust, integrity and rigor are all—for better or worse—assumed.
Sometimes the clues are more cute than scary, such as the references to Heraclitus, the ancient Greek philosopher who asserted the illusory nature of reality.
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