surrogates

noun

plural of surrogate
as in substitutes
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 That played out over the weekend through celebrity surrogates. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 22 Apr. 2026 Equally vital, aging misers addicted to their vocations need palliatives and surrogates for the drug of importance. — Literary Hub, 18 June 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 Campaign spending and surrogates Sharif Street, a state senator and former state party chair, finished second on Tuesday. — CBS News, 24 May 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 The act ensures the legalization and regulation of surrogacy, streamlines the process of obtaining formal parental recognition and better protects parents, surrogates and children. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 9 May 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surrogates
  1. substitutes
  2. replacements
  3. proxies
Noun
  • In my West Palm Beach practice, cancer patients who need these skin substitutes instead have open head wounds.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026
  • For 74 minutes, this game was goalless, but part of the joy of World Cups comes from substitutes actually making their mark.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of substitutes
Noun
  • In cases of cobalt toxicity linked to hip replacements, the symptoms usually develop over many months, not weeks, as in the woman’s case.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
  • Ukraine's attacks damaged specialized equipment that is often sourced abroad, making repairs time-consuming and expensive as workarounds or replacements are sought by evading sanctions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of replacements
Noun
  • Using proxies for past weather and more recent observations, studies confirm that climate is warming.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Ceremonies will then be held in Iraq's ⁠shrine cities of ​Najaf and Kerbala on Wednesday with prominent attendees from Iran's regional network of Shi'ite proxies.
    — Parisa Hafezi, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of proxies

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