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Recent Examples of illusive
This granular texture of the electroplated coating is, in my opinion, a key determining factor of the illusive beauty of silvered and gilded dials.
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Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 13 May 2024
Horror comedy is an illusive brand of humor, lots of hits and a ton of misses.
—Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2023
The California native was also furious that the online profile was listed close by, given his entirely virtual relationship with the illusive Carmella.
—Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 3 July 2023
These are songs of worry and longing, rapturous hymnals to the fortifying qualities of booze, and elegies for the illusive wisdom we’re told is supposed to come with maturation.
—James Robins, Vulture, 1 May 2023
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Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 13 May 2024
Horror comedy is an illusive brand of humor, lots of hits and a ton of misses.
—Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2023
The California native was also furious that the online profile was listed close by, given his entirely virtual relationship with the illusive Carmella.
—Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 3 July 2023
These are songs of worry and longing, rapturous hymnals to the fortifying qualities of booze, and elegies for the illusive wisdom we’re told is supposed to come with maturation.
—James Robins, Vulture, 1 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illusive
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The Sun in your 1st House of the Self is shying away from illusory Neptune in your 7th House of Interdependence, which can create all sorts of confusion with the important people in your life.Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2024
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Fazio has grappled with that challenge while studying the illusory truth effect: how repeating something that is false will make a person more likely to believe it.ByKai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
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To mark the accomplishment, his offensive linemen surrounded him and placed an imaginary crown on his head, acknowledging the king of all scores.Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
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Screenwriter Steven Knight even has her stroll around with an imaginary character named Mandrax (Kodi Smit-McPhee), a TV reporter she’s hallucinated into existence in order to feel important.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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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
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Instead, the deceptive Democrats had the media running after stories on the Trump Reality Show, totally ignoring the mental decline of Biden, and blindly repeating Democratic Party talking points without them being challenged or questioned.Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 29 Nov. 2024
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Usually that applies to the art of catching his unexpected, deceptive passes.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2024
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Here’s How to Shop for the Right Strap-On By Malia Griggs Of these triggers, the most obvious is probably lactose, a sugar found in milk and other dairy products that doesn’t sit well with certain people, like those who are lactose-intolerant.Caroline Tien, SELF, 22 Nov. 2024
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That's a substantial change that may not be immediately obvious.Matthew Self, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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This need for checks and balances is also manifest in the manner prescribed for choosing the president.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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This mirrors how Bohm conceptualized reality: both the implicate order (the underlying unseen reality) and the explicate order (the manifest physical world) constantly influence each other.Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Illusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illusive. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.
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