illusion
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"I don't think anybody is under any illusion about the financial challenges we're all facing these days - there are requirements to cut back and to freeze funding," he warned.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Instead, many scientists have argued that the brain simply alternates attention between tasks so quickly that it creates the illusion of doing both at once.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
You, my friend, by filling that seat, are also helping to create the illusion of a crowded room.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Artists and couturiers are fond of the whimsy of trompe l’oeil, the trick of the eye, the illusion of reality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
Lara could’ve run off to tell her dad about my fire illusion.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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"He would never do that, let's not have any illusions," said Tikhanovskaya, who recently returned from a trip to Kyiv.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Put simply, physics appears to allow the possibility that our memories are not reliable records but instead detailed illusions produced by chance.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026
After that, there were no illusions about it.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
The new models still have a hefty profile, but they are so light that they’re almost optical illusions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
I’m getting better and better at painting illusions by hand.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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