make believe
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Bitcoin might be make believe, but it’s also the center of speculative activity in financial markets.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
But since McElhenney and Reynolds come from a world of make believe, where nothing is impossible, why not dream big?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
“And just make believe and playing. And then on a personal level, I think I learned how to be myself … that everyone would accept me for who I was.”
From Washington Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Yet the formal pressure isn’t enough to justify the cloudless make believe.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2021
Most people, like it or not, had had their lives changed too profoundly by the fever to make believe it hadn’t happened.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
Photo make-believe: I’m conflicted about the new suite of Apple Intelligence photo-editing tools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
But make-believe can only get one so far when the real world keeps intruding.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Performing and make-believe eased my anxieties. I was able to step outside of myself,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
And with every request comes an unspoken plea for understanding, no matter how far into the land of make-believe they’re asking to be led.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
Her parents’ love story sounded as magical as Uncle Darnell’s stories, except Düsseldorf wasn’t a make-believe place, and Frieda’s parents were real.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
