as in replacement
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
Epistemia is a name for a flaw in how people interpret these models, in which linguistic plausibility is taken as a surrogate for truth.
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Walter Quattrociocchi, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
The couple share four children: Luna Simone (born 2016), Miles Theodore (born 2018), Esti Maxine (born January 2023), and Wren Alexander (born June 2023 via surrogate).
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 18 Feb. 2026
Those eggs are then fertilized with sperm in a lab and placed in a woman’s uterus — in Bunnie and Jelly’s case, the surrogate’s.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Feb. 2026
Applegarth, who’d been a surrogate once before, stressed to Babytree her unease with the lack of communication throughout her journey.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
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Walter Quattrociocchi, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
The couple share four children: Luna Simone (born 2016), Miles Theodore (born 2018), Esti Maxine (born January 2023), and Wren Alexander (born June 2023 via surrogate).
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 18 Feb. 2026
Those eggs are then fertilized with sperm in a lab and placed in a woman’s uterus — in Bunnie and Jelly’s case, the surrogate’s.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Feb. 2026
Applegarth, who’d been a surrogate once before, stressed to Babytree her unease with the lack of communication throughout her journey.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surrogate
Noun
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Her replacement outfit was an Alber Elbaz Lanvin pleated knee-length—black and funerary, like the Balenciaga, but much more forgiving.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Teruaki Sato hit a game-tying RBI double before Shota Morishita, who entered the game as an injury replacement for Seiya Suziki, belted a three-run home run to give Japan a 5-2 lead.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Perhaps cultural certainty is a poor substitute for epidemiology.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
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Donating blood is one of the of the most powerful ways to give back to the community—there is no substitute for this lifesaving gift and every donation can help save multiple lives.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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It is primarily geared toward building up its military and its regional proxies.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Mar. 2026
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And companies do look at other companies’ proxy statements, every CEO does.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
14 Mar. 2026
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To protect these fragile machines, developers are supposed to invest in expensive battery storage or grid backups, ultimately driving up production costs and stalling the transition to affordable green fuel.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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There’s another class of quarterbacks who eventually became starters, and that’s guys who were backups for their first three seasons.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Surrogate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surrogate. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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