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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
The president and his surrogates have been waging an all-out public relations campaign on behalf of the administration’s favored trade tool.
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
At the request of Nixon aide John Ehrlichman, Gray told field offices to help Nixon campaign surrogates by providing local crime information.
—Douglas M. Charles, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Create them yourselves and influencers (surrogates) like me can promote this ORIGINAL work and refer people to your social media and websites.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Gladys needed human surrogates and a potential surrogate gorilla mom, and the Cincinnati Zoo had both.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2025
These frozen embryos can then be implanted into southern white rhino females, who act as surrogates.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
And in the gestational obesity group, eggs and sperm from healthy mice were gestated in obese surrogates.
—New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2025
The company said such surrogates are critical for preparing aircrews to face modern anti-aircraft threats in potential high-intensity conflicts.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Cohen himself has welcomed two children, Ben and Lucy, via surrogates.
—James Factora, Them., 8 Aug. 2025
Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
At the request of Nixon aide John Ehrlichman, Gray told field offices to help Nixon campaign surrogates by providing local crime information.
—Douglas M. Charles, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Create them yourselves and influencers (surrogates) like me can promote this ORIGINAL work and refer people to your social media and websites.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Gladys needed human surrogates and a potential surrogate gorilla mom, and the Cincinnati Zoo had both.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2025
These frozen embryos can then be implanted into southern white rhino females, who act as surrogates.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
And in the gestational obesity group, eggs and sperm from healthy mice were gestated in obese surrogates.
—New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2025
The company said such surrogates are critical for preparing aircrews to face modern anti-aircraft threats in potential high-intensity conflicts.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Cohen himself has welcomed two children, Ben and Lucy, via surrogates.
—James Factora, Them., 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surrogates
Noun
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The good news is that there are safer substitutes that can be used by the industry as more manufacturers move to reduce toxins, Glass said.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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But high-tech substitutes aren't ready.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The 49ers need replacements to step up to keep pace in the division.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Irish don’t have like-for-like replacements for Craig or Rubio, which leaves Freeman scrambling to stabilize an offensive line yet to click and a defensive interior that has tried to use quantity to make up for a lack of quality.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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However, of the 1,746 votes cast — some by alumni through proxies — 1,228 were in favor of no-confidence.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Oct. 2025
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Observers of the sport note that Kinahan’s influence on boxing endures, through proxies.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Surrogates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surrogates. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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