illusory

Example Sentences

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But these contracts only make sense if you need to squeeze the most income out of your savings, and for those in that situation, full “control” over their money is largely illusory.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

The tax would even be levied on illusory assets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

But many experts caution that predictions of communist rule ending have proved illusory.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

And yet they still experienced the illusory effects of the figure.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2025

One could trace the illusory properties of the Potomac’s waters all the way back to John Smith, who first explored the mouth of what the Algonquin Indians had named “Petomek,” meaning “trading place,” in 1608.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis