false appearance

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One user’s Google Gemini chatbot fabricated calendar and email details, creating the false appearance of a data breach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Background subtraction is sometimes done in high-pressure superconductivity studies, but the practice is controversial because it can give the false appearance of zero resistance.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 27, 2023

“In response to investigative subpoenas from the SEC, the defendants manufactured fake Dex profitability reports, giving the false appearance that Dex was operational and profitable,” prosecutors said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2022

Those seeking change contend that, in addition to forcing nonbinary performers into boxes, gendered categories give the false appearance that prime roles for women are far more prevalent than they actually are.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2021

But again this is only a false appearance.

From Socialism: Positive and Negative by La Monte, Robert Rives