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
Marking time through the months of a pregnancy, waiting for a baby carried by a surrogate in another country, Palestinian American poet and writer Hala Alyan tells stories, like Scheherazade, towards survival.
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Eliana Ramage
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
The couple welcomed twins via surrogate in 2020.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 1 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
Williams — who already shared two children with Kail, as well as her oldest child with late actor Heath Ledger — revealed the news while giving a special shoutout to her surrogate.
—Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
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Eliana Ramage
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
The couple welcomed twins via surrogate in 2020.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 1 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
Williams — who already shared two children with Kail, as well as her oldest child with late actor Heath Ledger — revealed the news while giving a special shoutout to her surrogate.
—Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for surrogate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surrogate
Noun
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However, it wasn't positioned as a replacement for the Plus, but as the company exploring a new design trend.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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If White is recalled, a temporary replacement will be appointed by either county legislators or a judge until voters can elect a new county executive in November 2026.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The last 11 players on the pitch go into the huddle; the substitutes are not involved, making the circle smaller and ensuring players can hear.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Sacramento River acted as a substitute for the Mississippi River.—
John Turton,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Mills and Stockey think the extraordinarily high temperatures reached in Tierney’s reconstructions could reflect subtle biases in some of the proxies that skew hot.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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But new evidence shows that boards frequently grant activists more influence in settlements than activists could achieve in a proxy contest.—
Kai Liekefett,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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That backup has since grown into a hundreds-strong campaign to refute the DHS allegations, which supporters call a resurgence of anti-Muslim fearmongering that has persisted across party lines since the 9/11 attacks 24 years ago this month.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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The primary backup appears to have dodged a bullet.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Surrogate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surrogate. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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