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make believe

[meyk-bi-leev] / ˈmeɪk bɪˌliv /






make-believe




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Bitcoin might be make believe, but it’s also the center of speculative activity in financial markets.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

“I’m begging you, Michael, I’m begging you, try to make believe this is not just madness, because this is not just madness,” the voice pleads, pitch modulating and then oscillating through steadiness to vexation.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2023

“And just make believe and playing. And then on a personal level, I think I learned how to be myself … that everyone would accept me for who I was.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2023

It is a sensation without parallel in the world of make believe.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Occasionally, he would rest an elbow purposely on the edge of the table, and make believe he didn’t notice some child who had slipped out of a chair and was tiptoeing toward him.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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