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surrogate

noun

Definition of surrogate

as in substitute

a person or thing that fulfills the role of someone or something else The children's aunt acted as a surrogate for their late mother.

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Recent Examples of surrogate Spin zone Georgia’s top candidates usually leave the spin room sales pitch to their surrogates. — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Police believe Zhang gave birth to one or two of the children while the rest were carried and delivered by surrogates. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 And yet there’s this piece in the policy which pokes its head [and forces them to find a surrogate in Texas]. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026 What if third parties—egg donors or surrogates, for example—are involved? — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for surrogate

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Liverpool coach Andoni Iraola dropped Virgil van Dijk to the substitutes’ bench with French defender Jérémy Jacquet starting.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
But there’s no substitute, at the end of the day, for the human biologist.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026

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That includes construction, improvement, maintenance, repair and replacement of streets and sidewalks, as well as drainage, sewers and other related infrastructure.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
The infrastructure work to create the tunnel, including road and drainage replacement, life safety systems and adding the structural elements, does not allow for separate lane closures, according to project information.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

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Israel, feeling more exposed, might become more inclined to strike preventively, and without the United States involved, Iran and its regional proxies might be more tempted to strike back.

— Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026
The disagreement reflected a widening divide between Jerusalem and Washington over Israel's military campaign against Iran's regional proxies, as the Biden administration sought to prevent the fighting from escalating into a broader regional war.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

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