ersatz

Example Sentences

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Those smoke-stained mirrors, that tin ceiling, the drapery and light fixtures are in fact set-dressed — ersatz!

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The short sequence, created by Seedance -- the AI generation model developed by TikTok's parent company, Bytedance -- shows an ersatz fight between Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Tiny chairs dangle on Christmas trees beside ersatz Heinz pickles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

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

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2024

He indicated the reclining ersatz animal, which continued to ruminate attentively, still watching alertly for any indication of oats.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick