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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
Equally vital, aging misers addicted to their vocations need palliatives and surrogates for the drug of importance.
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Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
High-profile parents who used surrogates, such as Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, and Chrissy Teigen, helped make the practice increasingly visible.
—Mark Ellwood, Air Mail, 6 June 2026
Bloomberg Businessweek reported Lindberg has at least 12 children, including six or more through a network of egg donors and surrogates that encompassed at least 25 women.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
Campaign spending and surrogates Sharif Street, a state senator and former state party chair, finished second on Tuesday.
—CBS News, 24 May 2026
Catena Labs has opened up invite-only access to its platform, which lets humans establish the guardrails for how their AI surrogates move money.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 20 May 2026
There are many ways for things to go wrong, given the number of parties involved, from surrogates and intended parents to fertility clinics, attorneys, and escrow agencies.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
The act ensures the legalization and regulation of surrogacy, streamlines the process of obtaining formal parental recognition and better protects parents, surrogates and children.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
That played out over the weekend through celebrity surrogates.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
High-profile parents who used surrogates, such as Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, and Chrissy Teigen, helped make the practice increasingly visible.
—Mark Ellwood, Air Mail, 6 June 2026
Bloomberg Businessweek reported Lindberg has at least 12 children, including six or more through a network of egg donors and surrogates that encompassed at least 25 women.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
Campaign spending and surrogates Sharif Street, a state senator and former state party chair, finished second on Tuesday.
—CBS News, 24 May 2026
Catena Labs has opened up invite-only access to its platform, which lets humans establish the guardrails for how their AI surrogates move money.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 20 May 2026
There are many ways for things to go wrong, given the number of parties involved, from surrogates and intended parents to fertility clinics, attorneys, and escrow agencies.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
The act ensures the legalization and regulation of surrogacy, streamlines the process of obtaining formal parental recognition and better protects parents, surrogates and children.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
That played out over the weekend through celebrity surrogates.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surrogates
Noun
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His Five Forces framework—competitive rivalry, new entrants, substitutes, buyer power and supplier power—became the definitive lens for assessing whether an industry is worth entering.—
Peter Su,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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All four goals in this game have come from players who entered as substitutes.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
Noun
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Battery pack replacements typically range from $5,000 to $20,000.—
Emily Mercer,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
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In their place, Spain boss Luis de la Fuente somewhat bafflingly lined up Barcelona duo Ferrán Torres and Gavi as their replacements.—
Patrick Sung Cuadrado,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Noun
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Hence such loyal Englishmen as Benjamin Franklin proposed a simple confederation against the French and their Indian proxies.—
Ann Manov,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
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Trump signed a 14-point MOU with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian last week, which provides 60 more days for more negotiations regarding Tehran’s nuclear program, its ballistic missile development, and its use of proxies and terrorism networks to create regional security instability.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
23 June 2026
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“Surrogates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surrogates. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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