Examples of surrogacy in a Sentence
choosing between adoption and surrogacy
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Purchases, according to the federal indictment, included a 2025 Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon and multiple Tesla vehicles, a house for his mother, as well as to pay his mortgage, install a pool and a Subzero freezer, pay for private school tuition and to put $70,000 into surrogacy services.
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Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Altman and his husband, Australian software engineer Oliver Mulherin, welcomed a baby boy in February via surrogacy.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
But the fact that single men are deciding to start families on their own, some of them paying extravagantly for egg donation and surrogacy, might also say something about just how important fatherhood is for many men today.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
Administered by Carrot Fertility, the program covers 80% of costs for adoption, surrogacy, and fertility treatments.
—Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
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Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Altman and his husband, Australian software engineer Oliver Mulherin, welcomed a baby boy in February via surrogacy.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
But the fact that single men are deciding to start families on their own, some of them paying extravagantly for egg donation and surrogacy, might also say something about just how important fatherhood is for many men today.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
Administered by Carrot Fertility, the program covers 80% of costs for adoption, surrogacy, and fertility treatments.
—Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Surrogacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surrogacy. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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surrogacy
noun
sur·ro·ga·cy
ˈsər-ə-gə-sē, ˈsə-rə- 
plural surrogacies
: the practice of serving as a surrogate mother
Legal Definition
surrogacy
noun
sur·ro·ga·cy
ˈsər-ə-gə-sē
plural surrogacies
1
: the office of a surrogate
2
: the practice of serving as a surrogate mother
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