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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 surrogates
But the decision to start it was his alone, and no amount of spin from his surrogates should obscure this fact.
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Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
Surrogacy helps people from all backgrounds build a family, and experts in the field say that the myth that surrogates are exploited is not accurate.
—Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 13 Feb. 2026
Like organ donors, many surrogates draw on the rhetoric of gift-giving to describe their motivations.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Known as StellFoundry, the new project focuses on replacing lengthy calculations in the design process with types of digital models, or surrogates, that provide rough calculation estimates.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
While some of its surrogates, such as Hezbollah, have been significantly weakened by Israel over the past two years, others remain heavily armed.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
Cuban was one of the most visible campaign surrogates, especially from the business world, traversing the country and promoting Harris’s economic proposals.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
The governor dispatched surrogates by helicopter to deliver news to some Democrats that their services were no longer needed.
—Christopher Cooper / Made By History, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
In May 2023, Adams was snubbed when left off the list of Biden’s reelection surrogates.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 4 Dec. 2024
Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
Surrogacy helps people from all backgrounds build a family, and experts in the field say that the myth that surrogates are exploited is not accurate.
—Kris Ann Valdez, Parents, 13 Feb. 2026
Like organ donors, many surrogates draw on the rhetoric of gift-giving to describe their motivations.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Known as StellFoundry, the new project focuses on replacing lengthy calculations in the design process with types of digital models, or surrogates, that provide rough calculation estimates.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
While some of its surrogates, such as Hezbollah, have been significantly weakened by Israel over the past two years, others remain heavily armed.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
Cuban was one of the most visible campaign surrogates, especially from the business world, traversing the country and promoting Harris’s economic proposals.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
The governor dispatched surrogates by helicopter to deliver news to some Democrats that their services were no longer needed.
—Christopher Cooper / Made By History, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
In May 2023, Adams was snubbed when left off the list of Biden’s reelection surrogates.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 4 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surrogates
Noun
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Bayern coach Vincent Kompany had several youngsters among the substitutes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2026
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The other substitutes at Selhurst Park have, presumably, not played enough recent minutes to justify surprise starts against Brentford.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Policies have coverage limits, which cap the amount a company will pay for repairs or replacements.—
Dan Simms,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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The city is hiring a consultant to evaluate the impact of removing the bike lanes and proposing potential replacements.—
Larry Seward,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Outside of residential proxies, IPRoyal collects user data in a similar fashion to Decodo.—
Justyn Newman,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Trump’s 15-point-counterplan is equally maximalist, demanding a rollback of Iran’s nuclear program and the end of their funding proxies, according to Israel Channel 12.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Surrogates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surrogates. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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