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delusional

[dih-loo-zhuh-nl] / dɪˈlu ʒə nl /


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To start their companies, founders have to be creative, restless, slightly delusional and outrageously ambitious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Which is not to say Yee is delusional.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

While the “number of users” once meant “number of paying users,” the success of Facebook, Instagram and other social-media sites persuaded delusional investors that the word “paying” could be dropped.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026

Girgis and his peers have tested ChatGPT and Claude for how they handle delusional or paranoid thoughts.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

Maybe I shouldn’t have listened to Boggs, because he might have been in some delusional death state.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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