surrogate

Example Sentences

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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 Fire Surrogate Study was one of 13 studies across the U.S. first launched in 1999 with funding from the U.S.

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 operations like those used in Ukraine are called “1202 programs,” named for Section 1202 of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, the law that approved their use and funding.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 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