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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

“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

There’s no time to develop characters’ nuance and mood: It’s the difference between acting and playing make believe.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2022

It was just like him to give me the catfish and make believe it was the whiting.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers




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