illusory
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She built her fanbase — 12.6 million followers on TikTok, 4.8 million on Instagram — by savvily riding the illusory #tradwife trend when it was as fashionable as she is.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
The apparently illusory swings show the difficulty of accurately counting homeless people in the expanse of north Los Angeles County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
He added he intended to "retire" and would not seek to "influence" his successor, but said that "it is illusory to think that one can fade into the background".
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
And even that 600,000 gain last year could prove illusory once the government updates the data to be more accurate.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026
All these subprime lending companies were growing so rapidly, and using such goofy accounting, that they could mask the fact that they had no real earnings, just illusory, accounting-driven, ones.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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