Examples of illusory in a Sentence
an illusory sense of security
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By rushing to close our budget with an illusory Band-Aid of $63 million yet to come, the mayor and City Council prioritized temporary relief and a false sense of security over doing the difficult work of making real cuts to balance our budget in support of our future.
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Janani Ramachandran, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024
Now that imagination has become attuned to class, and to some illusory sense of danger.
—Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
The paintings’ beguiling depths are simultaneously illusory and actual.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
To illustrate, although Flores’ employment contract to serve as Patriots linebackers coach referred to an arbitration clause in the league’s constitution, Caproni held that under Massachusetts case law, this arbitration clause was illusory and unenforceable.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 July 2024
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Janani Ramachandran, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024
Now that imagination has become attuned to class, and to some illusory sense of danger.
—Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
The paintings’ beguiling depths are simultaneously illusory and actual.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
To illustrate, although Flores’ employment contract to serve as Patriots linebackers coach referred to an arbitration clause in the league’s constitution, Caproni held that under Massachusetts case law, this arbitration clause was illusory and unenforceable.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 July 2024
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“Illusory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/illusory. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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illusory
adjective
il·lu·so·ry
il-ˈüs-(ə-)rē 
-ˈüz-
: based on or producing illusion : deceptive
an illusory hope
Medical Definition
illusory
adjective
il·lu·so·ry
il-ˈüs-(ə-)rē
-ˈüz-
-ˈüz-
: based on or producing illusion : being deceptive
the search for the ultimate cure-all for a hangover has proved illusory—M. L. Herndon
M. L. HerndonLegal Definition
illusory
adjective
il·lu·so·ry
i-ˈlü-sə-rē, -zə-rē
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