ersatz
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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
I took the L train from Manhattan and found ersatz Cal-Mex the moment I got off at Bedford Avenue.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024
Until Friday, these videos seemed merely risible, the work of an ersatz journalist so naïve that he appears startlingly unaware of the long history of gullible Westerners falling for such cherry-picked displays of Soviet majesty.
From Slate • Feb. 16, 2024
Like a cup of water or rather milk; yes, it’s milk or flour or maybe an egg—or, specifically, their ersatz substitutes.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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