optical illusion
Example Sentences
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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
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
Roads officials said an "optical illusion appeared to have been created when the footway was extended next to the cycle lane".
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025
Is a rat hole the same as an optical illusion deemed to be a holy image?
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2024
He had thought they were following a path, but now that he tried to see the path, it shimmered, and vanished, like an optical illusion.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
