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mirages

  • plural
    of mirage.
    mirage
    noun
    an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.

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Instead, the focus is on the emotion and excitement of movie-making mirages.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2024

It was the first of many Majorana mirages.

From Science Magazine Dec. 20, 2023

Some will likely turn out to be mirages, much closer galaxies masquerading as more remote ones because they contain large amounts of dust, which also causes their light to be redshifted.

From Scientific American Dec. 6, 2022

New York has a commercial Museum of Illusions, a tourist attraction in the Meatpacking District whose optical mirages invite visitors to “Trick your eye and entertain your mind!”

From New York Times Nov. 11, 2022

If she concentrated, she could see her normal arms, but when she moved them they rippled like mirages, separating into three different sets of muscular Earthborn arms.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

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