ersatz
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There was a sandwich shop built in an ersatz Alamo and imitation of San Antonio’s Riverwalk with a Mexican restaurant that offered both classic and frozen margaritas.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 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
Nor is it an ersatz Irish pub with lots of dark wood, touches of green and a Guinness mirror.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024
Down there in a dim storage room adjacent to the furnace I’ve set up a realm of ersatz squalor.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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