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Six example sentences with illusory, each labelled with its topic.
The quarterly gain proved illusory once the accountants removed a single asset sale from the revenue column.
Finance
Some thinkers argue the boundary between memory and imagination is illusory, since both are assembled fresh at every recall.
Philosophy
In her print the second staircase is illusory, produced entirely by a mirror placed just outside the frame.
Photography
People report an illusory sense of control when they press a button, even when the light changes on its own.
Psychology
The wage rise proved illusory once inflation was counted, and workers could buy less than a year before.
Economics
The comfort of a twelve point lead proved illusory when the bench units came in and the visitors hit five threes.
Basketball
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