surrogate

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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

We also have healthcare surrogate documents in case we become ill.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026

At first I thought that I might have found a surrogate father in the czar of sausage, the mogul of meat.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole