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illusory

[ih-loo-suh-ree, -zuh-] / ɪˈlu sə ri, -zə- /


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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

The tax would even be levied on illusory assets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

But many experts caution that predictions of communist rule ending have proved illusory.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

We eagerly drink in the discord because the stakes are illusory, even if the high-strung emotions turn out to be real.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

Enid Simdars embraced the strictures of Christian Science, a faith that taught that the material world and all the evil that attended it were illusory, that the only reality was spiritual.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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