optical illusion
Example Sentences
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It turns out that the abundant free cash flow that Meta reports to investors is something of an optical illusion.
Pilots often experience an optical illusion of a passing object that can make it appear to be traveling at great speed even if it is barely moving, officials have said.
It was just an optical illusion, just because I was running, just because I’m worried about whoever made that cry or whimper.
From Literature
Doing something your brain tells you is structurally impossible was like inhabiting an optical illusion and we all laughed as we scaled the multi-tiered falls with the occasional assistance of a tethered rope.
The stairs curve and stretch toward an unseen bottom floor, so tall and disorienting that it looks like an optical illusion.
From Literature
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