illusory
Example Sentences
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But these contracts only make sense if you need to squeeze the most income out of your savings, and for those in that situation, full “control” over their money is largely illusory.
From MarketWatch
The tax would even be levied on illusory assets.
The FTC’s claimed benefits “are illusory or, at least, unsubstantiated,” he wrote.
But many experts caution that predictions of communist rule ending have proved illusory.
From Los Angeles Times
The market response to his April 2025 “liberation” tariffs was so negative that the President quickly withdrew them and negotiated lower tariffs as part of “trade deals” that may turn out to be partly illusory.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
