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surrogate

noun

Definition of surrogate

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 An out gay man, Wong has been married to Richert Schnorr since 2018 and has one son from a previous relationship via surrogate. — Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026 Twins Julian and Airyn De Niro were born in 1995 to De Niro and his then-partner, model Toukie Smith, via a surrogate. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 17 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 Dooley — and Kemp as his top surrogate — argue that a first-time candidate has a better shot to defeat Ossoff, the only Democratic senator facing voters in a state Trump carried in 2024. — ABC News, 14 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for surrogate

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The city said replacement parts have been ordered and officials hope to reopen the pool before the end of July.

— Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 2 July 2026
Wallingford also testified that inspections are not a replacement for reporting infant deaths.

— David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of replacement

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That is why the left and their activist proxies on the judiciary are resisting it so vigorously.

— Anna Alejo, CBS News, 1 July 2026
At the time, AFTVnews reported that two of the apps served as residential proxy providers and were considered riskware, and that the other two had APK files that were flagged by virus-scanning tools.

— Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026

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The Warriors already let backup point guard Pat Spencer walk to Phoenix.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
The Illinois Tollway plans to reduce backups at the congested nexus by adding lanes to northbound and southbound I-355 in the Downers Grove area as well as ramp improvements.

— Marni Pike, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

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