ersatz

Example Sentences

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Americans have voted with our wallets in favor of generic cheese by purchasing more ersatz domestic “gruyere” than we buy of the authentic Swiss stuff.

From Washington Post

Here is ersatz Whitman: “O lands! O lands! to be cruise-faring, to be sealanding! / To go on visiting Niagara, to go on, to go on!”

From Washington Post

It’s the definition of superficial — a tale of fraud, embodied by unconvincing people in an ersatz framework.

From Washington Post

I've yet to find a single ersatz meat or cheese that rings my bells; I'd much rather just have spaghetti with tomato sauce or a big plate of olives.

From Salon

The runway return of barrier-breaking Black models Beverly Johnson and Veronica Webb in Sergio Hudson’s hoot of an ersatz 1980s fashion show in giant giraffe prints and Palm Beach power suits.

From New York Times