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Recent Examples of illusive
The care the wizard takes in cooking the simple breakfast, even making sure the fire is literally fed, instantly softens Sophie and the audience to the illusive character.
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Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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
The illusive split ticket voter The eastern part of Ohio along the river used to be one of the regions that kept Ohio a Democratic state.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
In Season Four, which will have eight episodes, Benedict, the fine art enthusiast of the siblings, is in search of the illusive Lady in Silver.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2024
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Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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
The illusive split ticket voter The eastern part of Ohio along the river used to be one of the regions that kept Ohio a Democratic state.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
In Season Four, which will have eight episodes, Benedict, the fine art enthusiast of the siblings, is in search of the illusive Lady in Silver.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illusive
Adjective
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Perhaps nothing demonstrates the illusory pursuit of the truth like the story of Ikilimu Bilbis, the traveler who arrived in the ancient city of Timbuktu to glimpse the Book of Absolute Truth, a tome that contained the answer to every question in the universe.—
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim,
The Dial,
4 Mar. 2025
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Instead of an illusory peace, Washington should help Ukraine determine the rules of engagement with Russia, and through these rules, the war could gradually be minimized.—
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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In the case of the imaginary fruit, for example, glucose and citric acid would be used.—
Gayoung Lee,
Scientific American,
28 Feb. 2025
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Some of the stories are set in the past, others in the present, and still others in an imaginary future.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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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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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken some steps to regulate the collection of data in vehicles, focusing on consumer protection and preventing deceptive practices.—
Eric Reicin,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Burrowes’ new fraud lawsuit also includes claims for unjust enrichment and deceptive business practices.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
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This year organizers are acknowledging openly what’s been obvious for a while.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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There are more than a few scenes here where the substitution of stuntman for star is obvious.—
Joe Leydon,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2025
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The capitulation to Trump was manifest in Senate Republican’s refusal to block any of the president’s cast of unqualified and dangerous nominees to serve in senior cabinet positions.—
Mordechai Gordon,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2025
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The rationale for some kind of second look, or reconsideration of decades of draconian sentencing, is also compelled by the stark racial disparities that are manifest in life and long-term sentences, disparities that increase with longer sentences.—
Steve Zeidman,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Illusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illusive. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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