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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Recent Examples of proxy
Andrew Solender, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
As a proxy for the total trade barriers, the Council of Economic Advisers calculated rates using a formula primarily based on the U.S. trade deficit with each country.
—Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Its entries are proxies for whole areas of scholarship, research and policymaking that are now verboten.
—Suzanne Nossel, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2025
On the House side, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will go head-to-head with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and her effort to allow proxy voting for new mothers, which Johnson opposes.
—The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
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Noun
But Johnson, a bitter foe of proxy voting in all forms, attached a motion killing the vote to unrelated GOP legislation on non-citizen voting in an attempt to pressure all Republicans into siding with him.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
As a proxy for the total trade barriers, the Council of Economic Advisers calculated rates using a formula primarily based on the U.S. trade deficit with each country.
—Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Its entries are proxies for whole areas of scholarship, research and policymaking that are now verboten.
—Suzanne Nossel, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2025
On the House side, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will go head-to-head with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and her effort to allow proxy voting for new mothers, which Johnson opposes.
—The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proxy
Noun
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Avoid getting stuck in daily operations—delegate effectively and focus on high-value contributions.—
Michel Koopman,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Such industrial excavations risk wiping out untold (and, indeed, as yet unseen) natural wonders, though delegates of the ISA are unable to reach an agreement as to how to curb or monitor them.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While some believe Trump's approval ratings will fall on their own without much action from Democrats, others want elected representatives to be doing more.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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In their letter, the three representatives requested extensive information from HUD about its consideration of crypto and the blockchain, including whether the agency had assessed the risks of using the technology.—
Jesse Coburn,
ProPublica,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Despite still not having an agent, Marshall had her managers secure her a script and even cut the reel for her self-tape herself.—
Ronda Racha Penrice,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Apr. 2025
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The defense pointed to several potential suspects at the home at the time, including Albert, his nephew and their friend, an agent for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives who had been exchanging flirty text messages with Read.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And the European Parliament gives the same amount of money for each deputy to do their jobs through the hiring of a parliamentary aide.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2025
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On June 8, 2022, U.S. deputy marshals reported seeing a person dressed in black clothing and carrying a backpack and suitcase get out of a taxi that stopped in front of a current justice's house at roughly 1:05 a.m., according to an FBI affidavit filed in court.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In a surprise twist this week, Read added one of the alternate jurors from her first trial to her legal team for the retrial.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2025
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The uniform rule change will allow teams to wear throwback and alternate jerseys more often, another welcome change for fans.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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To this end, the specialized services of accident attorneys cannot be overvalued.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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Jones was represented by attorneys from the state public defender office, which has a policy not to comment on cases.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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His final acting role was in the movie Nightmare Cinema, a horror anthology released in 2018.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2025
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His first acting role came in 1992 in Sally Potter’s Orlando before a slate of more significant parts in the mid-2000s.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Proxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proxy. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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