as in faux
being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials
like everything else the restaurant served, the whipped cream on the dessert was ersatz
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Recent Examples of ersatz
The thinness also means that fingers are cramped too closely together, hovering over each Joy-Con's shoulder buttons and triggers as ersatz left and right mouse buttons but lacking enough clearance to use either properly.
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Matt Kamen, Wired News, 20 Apr. 2025
Local and federal preservation standards also generally discourage replicas of historic buildings as ersatz preservation.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
Local and federal preservation standards also generally discourage replicas of historic buildings as ersatz preservation.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
Image generators churn out ersatz versions of da Vinci and van Gogh.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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Matt Kamen, Wired News, 20 Apr. 2025
Local and federal preservation standards also generally discourage replicas of historic buildings as ersatz preservation.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
Local and federal preservation standards also generally discourage replicas of historic buildings as ersatz preservation.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
Image generators churn out ersatz versions of da Vinci and van Gogh.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ersatz
Adjective
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These slippers are available in men’s and women’s sizes, and are designed with a suede upper and a plush faux fur lining that yields a buttery-soft feel.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
3 June 2025
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The designer of the faux fur coat Lopez wore in the photos reportedly reposted the image.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
20 May 2025
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Unlike traditional identity fraud, where someone steals an individual’s real information, synthetic fraud involves creating a completely new identity using a mix of real and fake data.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Koozies can be made from polyester, vinyl, or even leather, but they are most often made from neoprene, a type of synthetic rubber.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 June 2025
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There’s a backdrop of fake news and collective anxiety.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
5 June 2025
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Federal agents concluded that many of the documents, which were turned over by an attorney representing the restaurant, were fake or falsified, according to the warrant.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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The general goal is to either reach artificial general intelligence (AGI) or maybe even the outstretched possibility of achieving artificial superintelligence (ASI).—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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The goal of these companies is to create virtual employees that can do practically any job a human can, known in the tech industry as artificial general intelligence, or AGI.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
3 June 2025
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More good news The Dodgers got some good news on three pitching fronts this week: Shohei Ohtani took part in another live batting practice session, throwing 44 pitches over three simulated innings, striking out six.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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While simulated reasoning models like o3-pro often show measurable improvements over general-purpose models on analytical tasks, research suggests these gains come from allocating more computational resources to traverse their neural networks in smaller, more directed steps.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2025
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“Ersatz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ersatz. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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