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surrogate

noun

Definition of surrogate

as in substitute

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 The surrogate must have previously given birth to at least one child, and a doctor must determine that another pregnancy wouldn’t pose an unreasonable risk to her or the baby. — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026 But an Alaska court ruled that the surrogate could make her own medical decisions. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 18 Aug. 2026 Every surrogate should have her own independent lawyer paid for by the agency that recruits her. — Arthur L. Caplan, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026 Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar hired McKenna West to serve as their surrogate. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for surrogate

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With substitute Danny Imray, another new face at The Racecourse Ground, setting Ekomie up for his first goal in English football, Wrexham look well served in what has been a key area throughout Parkinson’s five years at the helm.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Somehow, this all dovetails with the fact that Davis and Friend were themselves substitutes for Greta Lee and Andrew Scott, who were cast as the leads when the film was announced in 2024.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of substitute

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Sanctioning that deal was always dependent on Liverpool being able to recruit a suitable replacement for the Netherlands international at an acceptable price.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
That began a career-threatening battle with back injuries that includes seven surgeries since 2014 — several microdiscectomies, a 2017 lumbar fusion and most recently a lumbar disc replacement performed in October 2025.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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When volume becomes a proxy for performance, people learn to demonstrate activity rather than create clarity.

— Mustafa Shreet, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
The binary that provides proxy functions inside many SuperBox apps opens an outgoing connection to a proxy server and keeps it open as a communication channel indefinitely.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026

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