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
“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
It is a sensation without parallel in the world of make believe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
From a young age he wanted to dress up and make up and make believe, including as a mermaid, and wondered if he was a girl.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
“We had to make believe we were your kids,” I explained, and you should have seen him smile.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
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
None of these treatments make clear sense — mainly because they aren’t real — but that’s exactly Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso’s point: Fame is all make-believe pandemonium and there is no real recovery from it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
I understood from the start that acting was make-believe and that it put food on the table and shoes on our feet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
As long as Hegseth keeps his chest-thumping and pull-up contests in the land of make-believe, these men are happy.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026
“Oh, I see. Jimmy’s just a make-believe little boy. Marvellous.”
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
