optical illusion
Example Sentences
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By presenting Satan's fall as a violent physical event instead of a purely spiritual allegory or optical illusion, Dante may have helped move Western thought toward the idea that celestial objects can directly reshape Earth.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
It is actually something of an optical illusion, for the options are not getting more expensive in terms of price as the earnings date approaches, but in fact are remaining the same.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
It turns out that the abundant free cash flow that Meta reports to investors is something of an optical illusion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
Stormont officials have commissioned consultants to help address an "optical illusion" along a Belfast footpath that has caused pedestrians to trip and fall.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025
She had lost weight and at first I thought she might have grown, because she looked taller, but then I realized it was just an optical illusion, the effect of my own shrinking.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
