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ersatz

[er-zahts, -sahts, er-zahts, -sahts] / ˈɛr zɑts, -sɑts, ɛrˈzɑts, -ˈsɑts /


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To begin with, there’s its ingratiating style, leisurely but leavened with wit and chutzpah, as well as Fiedler’s pervasive disdain for the sentimental and ersatz.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 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

The company’s big mistake is that it has barely evolved, thinking consumers will always stick with its ersatz ways.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2026

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

Despite the ersatz patina of science, Mengele’s work was of the poorest scientific quality.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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