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Recent Examples of illusive
There is nothing wrong with wanting to be in communication or to lurk on their pages — especially when Venus retrograde links up with illusive Neptune on March 27th.
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Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The month wraps up with a very special cosmic event, as illusive and intuitive Neptune will leave your sign for the first time in nearly 15 years, ingressing into fiery Aries.
—Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Feb. 2025
The ever-illusive Banksy, whose real identity remains a mystery, was not always so secretive, reveals the BBC.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Howl, an illusive magic-user, takes over the cooking from Sophie, placing bacon in the pan and feeding egg shells to Calcifer, who happily munches away on the detritus.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The month wraps up with a very special cosmic event, as illusive and intuitive Neptune will leave your sign for the first time in nearly 15 years, ingressing into fiery Aries.
—Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Feb. 2025
The ever-illusive Banksy, whose real identity remains a mystery, was not always so secretive, reveals the BBC.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Howl, an illusive magic-user, takes over the cooking from Sophie, placing bacon in the pan and feeding egg shells to Calcifer, who happily munches away on the detritus.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illusive
Adjective
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Disciplined Saturn encounters illusory Neptune in your 6th House of Work and Health, pushing you to define tasks and protect your focus from distractions.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
20 Feb. 2026
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The cost-cutting obsession is a trap, and the savings may prove illusory.—
Brad Anderson,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Casa Maruka Cleverly channeling an old-fashioned casa de comidas complete with an imaginary granny (Maruka) at the stove and classic Spanish dishes tweaked for modern tastes, Alberto Serrano and Maria José Calabria continue to preside over what may be Palma’s most consistently enjoyable restaurant.—
Paul Richardson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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Locate the two uppermost stars — Merak and Dubhe — and draw an imaginary line from the former through the latter and out into space.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This isn’t callousness or delusive optimism but, rather, a rebellion against the suffocating expectation that the elderly have foreclosed the possibility of joy.—
Hillary Kelly,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2024
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To separate art from its historical framework is futile, and to reject it in an effort to censor past violence is a delusive act of virtue signaling.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
5 July 2022
Adjective
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The felony charges are forgery and deceptive or fraudulent business practices.—
Michael Guise,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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All clever touches and deceptive movement, this was the Eze Arsenal couldn’t bear to miss out on.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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While many people might use hair extensions without obvious problems, irritation is relatively common.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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White checked all of those boxes and cemented himself as an obvious choice with a network of current donors, high-ranking business partners in Charlotte, as well as potential donors that Gaber hopes to convert.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Masculinity and conflict, for Greenwell, seem opportunities for rurality to most obviously manifest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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A lot of what’s gone on is just multiple expansion, optimism about a weaker dollar, excitement about consumer spending trends overseas and other ephemeral ideas that haven’t yet become manifest in the companies’ actual results.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Schaeffer says those late-season numbers were misleading.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
21 Feb. 2026
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Cincinnati’s record also may be somewhat misleading.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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That is delusory of course, but it can be fashioned into a victory claim that might well be readily embraced by war-weary and war-wary Russians in the public and among the elite.—
John Mueller,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Nov. 2022
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“Illusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illusive. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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