illusory

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And these numbers are “nominal,” meaning they include the illusory gains that come from inflation.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025

If it turns out progress was illusory we will at least have reacquainted ourselves with what optimism in the Mideast feels like—it feels energetic, like something that can get you through the next day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

And yet they still experienced the illusory effects of the figure.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2025

The participants genuinely looked determined to work out compromises that only a few weeks ago appeared illusory.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025

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