surrogate
noun
a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
surrogates
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pluralof surrogate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Candidates spent the weekend crisscrossing their states and pulling in surrogates to make a final push for voters still on the fence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
As of May 2025, Zhang maintained a spreadsheet that tracked 21 children, including those born to surrogates.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Krems declined to confirm how many children the couple have in total, and disputed that the couple had deceived their surrogates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
First, in December, the Wall Street Journal reported that Chinese tech billionaire Xu Bo had used surrogates based in the U.S. to father more than 100 children.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
I felt at times as if I wasn’t really climbing the mountain—that surrogates were doing it for me.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
