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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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The singer welcomed her third child with her husband, Daryl Sabara, via surrogate in January.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Nkanu was one of twin boys born in 2024, using a surrogate.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Under the accelerated approval pathway, the FDA is supposed to assess improvement based on so-called surrogate endpoints that predict real-world efficacy—for instance, reduced levels of a protein caused by a rare disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

So being a single father by choice is a rarer phenomenon, and doing so via gestational surrogacy, in which the surrogate mother bears no genetic link to the child she carries, is rarer yet.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

If McCandless felt estranged from his parents and siblings, he found a surrogate family in Westerberg and his employees, most of whom lived in Westerberg's Carthage home.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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