surrogates

plural of surrogate

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Recent Examples of surrogates These new surrogates are essential as plastic, metal, or ballistic gel are not great at simulating living tissue when exposed to things like radiation. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026 Larson, whose campaign surrogates sought to win delegate support in the spring by saying this would be his last term, has been emphasizing his work on increasing Social Security benefits. Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026 Equally vital, aging misers addicted to their vocations need palliatives and surrogates for the drug of importance. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surrogates
Noun
  • Public bond markets, banks, insurance balance sheets, and private capital are not substitutes in that system.
    Jim Zelter, Fortune, 31 July 2026
  • Rural communities suffer particularly, with fewer rural hospitals and substitutes available.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • Months of haggling for replacements brought more frustration until July.
    Larry Seward, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • Their replacements had concerns over the use of surveillance cameras and opposed laws that barred repeat public drug users from certain areas in the city.
    Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • Iran’s proxies in the region, the Houthis, have since blockaded another strait – the Bab-al-Mandeb – challenging Saudi Arabia’s ability to export oil through that alternate route.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • That’s as Tehran has used its proxies to expand the war across the region, most notably Houthis rebels threatening ships in the Red Sea that are trying to use the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026

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“Surrogates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surrogates. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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