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surrogate

[sur-uh-geyt, -git, suhr-, sur-uh-geyt, suhr-] / ˈsɜr əˌgeɪt, -gɪt, ˈsʌr-, ˈsɜr əˌgeɪt, ˈsʌr- /


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In the end, David had to go to Brooklyn Surrogate Court and seek a series of orders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The findings of the experiment, called the Fire Surrogate Study, were published today in the journal Ecological Applications.

From Science Daily • Dec. 12, 2023

In February, the Government Accountability Office completed a report titled “Special Operations: Overarching Guidance Needed to Oversee and Assess Use of Surrogate Forces to Combat Terrorism,” but everything about it beyond its title is classified.

From New York Times • May 14, 2023

Surrogate pregnancies are banned in Spain, although children from such pregnancies can be registered.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Lenina suddenly felt all the sensations normally experienced at the beginning of a Violent Passion Surrogate treatment—a sense of dreadful emptiness, a breathless apprehension, a nausea.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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