How to Use proxy in a Sentence

proxy

noun

• Since I wouldn't be available to vote, I nominated him to act as my proxy.
• Musk ignores price as a proxy for risk.
  — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
• The war with Iran and its proxies.
  — Nick Miroff, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
• Claims, a proxy for layoffs, have now dropped for six straight weeks.
  — Paul Wiseman, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2021
• But speed is not a proxy for quality.
  — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
• Where a phone spends most of its evenings is a good proxy for where its owner lives.
  — Byron Tau, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2024
• These revenues are a proxy for future growth.
  — Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
• Which means this is something of a proxy fight between the two sides.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 2 Mar. 2022
• Is tech adoption just a proxy for enough wealth to buy a laptop?
  — Paul Spann, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
• The chocolates were a tasty proxy for dollars.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
• Its proxies sow chaos across the region.
  — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
• Paramount has also promised a proxy fight.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
• Changing up the work structure has, by proxy, changed our work habits.
  — Mark Samuel, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
• Some schools are looking at whether income could be used as a rough proxy for race.
  — Melissa Korn, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022
• Most but not all of the proxies were Shiite.
  — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
• So Carpino, as a proxy for Moreno, was booed loudly.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
• One that might act as a proxy for the touches and smells that the virus prohibits, too.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2020
• The price of heating oil, a proxy for jet fuel, dropped 6%.
  — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
• Many people might be happy to pay to get up close to a proxy mammoth.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 13 Sep. 2021
• Iran wants its proxies in Lebanon and elsewhere to be left alone.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
• And the last thing Margaret, are the proxies.
  — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
• These people have a proxy to power and can help drive systemic change.
  — Julie Kratz, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Enterprises have long used large brands as a proxy for trust.
  — Pukar Hamal, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
• There are still proxies that Iran supports.
  — James Powel, USA Today, 10 May 2026
• There are still proxies that Iran supports.
  — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 11 May 2026
• That same year, a new record was set for background checks—a proxy for gun sales—every month.
  — Fortune, 9 June 2022
• The pound is often seen as a proxy for the risk of a no-deal Brexit.
  — Adam Rasmi, Quartz, 4 Sep. 2019
• The second is to move on signals, not proxies.
  — Varun Milind Kulkarni, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
• This makes the demand a proxy, not the problem itself.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
• So the judge sought a restraining order against her — and by proxy, the cat.
  — Rick Anderson, latimes.com, 8 May 2018