as in delegate
a person who acts or does business for another
sent a proxy to the meeting to cast his vote for him
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
The 12-month rate for the all-items consumer price index was at 2.4% in September, while the producer price index, a proxy for wholesale inflation and a leading gauge for pipeline pressures, showed an annual rate of 1.8%.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
In some ways, Trump Media stock has become a proxy for the Republican presidential candidate’s election odds.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 11 Oct. 2024
Its stock price has climbed 50% so far this year, while Disney shares are essentially flat year-to-date and down nearly 25% from April, around the time its proxy fight with activist investor Nelson Peltz ended.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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Despite McKenzie’s appealing, honestly felt efforts, Purdy herself feels as much a proxy for the anguish and yearning of her patients as a character in her own right.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
The 12-month rate for the all-items consumer price index was at 2.4% in September, while the producer price index, a proxy for wholesale inflation and a leading gauge for pipeline pressures, showed an annual rate of 1.8%.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
In some ways, Trump Media stock has become a proxy for the Republican presidential candidate’s election odds.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 11 Oct. 2024
Its stock price has climbed 50% so far this year, while Disney shares are essentially flat year-to-date and down nearly 25% from April, around the time its proxy fight with activist investor Nelson Peltz ended.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Proxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proxy. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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