illusory

Example Sentences

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The tax would even be levied on illusory assets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 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

While students in Illinois tended to report the top line as longer, Zulu pastoralists in South Africa had a much weaker response, barely experiencing the illusory effects.

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

Despite generations of effort, this proved illusory, because dip and deviation change unpredictably over time.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton