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
Catena Labs has opened up invite-only access to its platform, which lets humans establish the guardrails for how their AI surrogates move money.
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Ben Weiss, Fortune, 20 May 2026
In order to have an emu surrogate grow an egg large enough for a moa to develop to term inside it, the bird would have to be genetically engineered to be substantially larger.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
Two men living in France hired a surrogate to have their child in the state of Florida.
—Kimberly Bird, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2026
Filkins has a fictional surrogate to serve as a channel between the Khachaturians and Lou.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
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Ben Weiss, Fortune, 20 May 2026
In order to have an emu surrogate grow an egg large enough for a moa to develop to term inside it, the bird would have to be genetically engineered to be substantially larger.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
Two men living in France hired a surrogate to have their child in the state of Florida.
—Kimberly Bird, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2026
Filkins has a fictional surrogate to serve as a channel between the Khachaturians and Lou.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surrogate
Noun
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Katz-Mayfield came up with the idea for the startup based on his frustration with the status quo of buying $20 replacement razor blades.—
Amelia Lucas,Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
7 June 2026
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The replacement rate drops to 32% for incomes between $1,286 and $7,749, and to 15% for incomes above $7,749.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Sparkling water may be a good substitute for soda.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
9 June 2026
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Teams were allowed two substitutes, a rule first introduced for the 1990 tournament, and a new provision allowed a third for an injured goalkeeper or a keeper who received a red card.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 June 2026
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Objection’s Founder and CEO is Aron D’Souza, an Australian entrepreneur and provocateur best known as the mastermind behind Thiel’s litigation strategy against Gawker, which involved a patient, extensive search for the ideal proxy plaintiff to sink the online news outlet.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
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The researchers suggest that socioeconomic status is mainly a proxy for sleep and stress.—
O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
12 June 2026
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So far, backup Nico Hansen has looked every bit the part of a starter in Steffen’s absence.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
11 June 2026
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If the affected systems had been designed with resilience principles in mind, like geographic redundancy and continuous backups, then the loss of data could have been mitigated.—
Leonard Lim,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
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“Surrogate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surrogate. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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