illusory
Example Sentences
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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.
Political analyst Graco Pérez in Honduras said Beijing’s narrative would highlight the benefits, including investment and job creation, “but that is all going to be illusory.”
From Seattle Times
Existing laws already provide some protection, and employers can provide genuine safety rather than the illusory safety of secrecy.
From Seattle Times
Its vision for stamping liberal democracy on Iraq proved illusory, with the country consumed by years of political upheaval, parliamentary paralysis and corruption.
From Washington Post
What appeared to be a swift victory for the U.S.-led forces was illusory: The greatest loss of life came in the months and years that followed.
From Seattle Times
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