ersatz

Example Sentences

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“Because it’s set on this vintage Hollywood soundstage, the director, Martin Gas, he contextualizes the ersatz vision of Japan because he puts a frame around it,” LA Opera CEO Christopher Koelsch said.

From Seattle Times

Others worried that covering the familiar limestone walls of the pyramid with new cladding would have the effect of turning the historic Giza plateau into an ersatz Disneyland.

From New York Times

The notion of swapping out a great prosciutto with an ersatz version is just never going to happen for me.

From Salon

But the overwhelming vibe is that of an ersatz tech company campus.

From Seattle Times

One way in which researchers have tried to delve into events after the blastocyst stage is by producing ersatz embryos from mouse stem cells.

From Science Magazine