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Example sentences for: ersatz

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And even by their own theory, how do these Republicans explain the voters' preference for an ersatz Republican over the genuine article?
Very few of us, however, can say why the symbol for sodium is Na, why quicklime should remind us of a Brooklyn journalist preacher, or what the secret ingredient in a popular variety of ersatz diamond has to do with a little town in the southern end of Sweden and near the end of the alphabet.
People of good will cannot begrudge those in genuine need, but the V pill is on its way to becoming a recreational drug, thereby creating ersatz libido, and thereby creating God only knows what problems.
Simulated shootings in schools in Florida and Pennsylvania, for instance, have featured SWAT teams, helicopters, ersatz pipe bombs, and drama students sporting fake wounds.
Why do people seek ersatz roots to identify with?