Thesaurus results for PROXIES

proxies

noun

plural of proxy

as in delegates

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 proxies While the lack of regulation may be drawing users to prediction markets, the platform’s Wild West qualities may also prevent them from being reliable insurance proxies, Mitts argued. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026 Cryptography is embedded throughout applications, identity platforms, APIs, cloud services, firewalls, load balancers, proxies, certificate authorities, VPNs and software libraries. — Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Britain says some of them have ended up acting as unwitting proxies for foreign states such as Iran or Russia. — CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 The concept was primarily that Iran would rely on partners and proxies to push conflict away from Iran’s borders. — Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026 That has included arson attacks on Jewish sites that Britain says were carried out by Iranian proxies. — Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026 That has included arson and sabotage attacks on Jewish sites that Britain says were carried out by Iranian proxies. — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 In response to the attack by Israel and the United States, Iran has tried to block oil shipments in the Strait of Hormuz and through its proxies in Yemen in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, driving up the price of oil. — Alfred H. Moses, Baltimore Sun, 13 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Late last month, roughly 100 dockworker delegates from four countries rallied outside DP World’s Centerm terminal at the Port of Vancouver, following an international anti-automation summit that included Montreal’s own CUPE Local 375.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
The French gêne par procuration delegates discomfort, while the German Fremdschämen means foreign shame.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of delegates

Noun

Jong-kyu Hwang, Hanwha Power’s Vice President of Technology Solutions, attended alongside senior ABS representatives.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Its sales representatives are individually building personal Gmail scripts, at night, in Google Apps Script, to survive an inbox that the AI-first version of the same company would have automated a year ago.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of representatives

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In December 2024, FBI agents and local police arrested the men during pre-dawn raids on their homes in Miami Beach and their parents’ home in Bal Harbour.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
With the sun low in the sky, protesters took to the streets of Woodland on Tuesday to demand action against federal immigration agents.

— Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of agents

Noun

While county police officers became deputies under Cordero-Stutz’s authority, county correctional officers remained under Levine Cava’s authority.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
Videos posted on social media show deputies also used pepper spray as race attendees surrounded them and threw objects.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of deputies

Noun

His order bars Essayli from participating in or supervising their cases, including overseeing the attorneys handling them.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors had asked Caproni to sentence each brother to life in prison, while their attorneys sought the 15-year minimum.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of attorneys

Noun

Both pitching staffs demonstrated their depth in Friday night's opener, and managing pitch counts will be vital as both managers try to keep their bullpens fresh for the upcoming travel day.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
That same month, Huang announced a partnership with six large asset managers on a $500 billion financing push designed to treat compute infrastructure as an asset class.

— Kif Leswing,Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026

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