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
There’s no time to develop characters’ nuance and mood: It’s the difference between acting and playing make believe.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
It was just like him to give me the catfish and make believe it was the whiting.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
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
Getting paid to write scripts for a project he’s passionate about, then act out those scripts as a make-believe coach, was once only slightly less unbelievable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Everything is so beautiful—the moon, my friend who wants good things for me, the cold mountain water—it’s all so beautiful it might be make-believe.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
