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Example sentences for: ersatz

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Although it may seem to some like ersatz sophistication, the only way I can find to process the torrent of information to which I find myself constantly exposed is with a trash aesthetic.
And even by their own theory, how do these Republicans explain the voters' preference for an ersatz Republican over the genuine article?
The paper's tone was more funeral dirge than rallying cry: "One of the more regrettable consumer fads of the 1990s has been the invasion of ersatz American-style coffee bars, all stainless steel and froth and cool.
Coincidentally, the CNNfn guy said, "On a personal note, I'd like to say that for the last four Thanksgivings we've pummeled each other into ersatz insensibility, and it was fantastic."
Why do people seek ersatz roots to identify with?