optical illusion
Example Sentences
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“Please, step right on through. The rock is an optical illusion, a very well-crafted hologram.”
From Literature
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It turns out that the abundant free cash flow that Meta reports to investors is something of an optical illusion.
Pilots often experience an optical illusion of a passing object that can make it appear to be traveling at great speed even if it is barely moving, officials have said.
It was just an optical illusion, just because I was running, just because I’m worried about whoever made that cry or whimper.
From Literature
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Doing something your brain tells you is structurally impossible was like inhabiting an optical illusion and we all laughed as we scaled the multi-tiered falls with the occasional assistance of a tethered rope.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.