Proxy
noun
A person or thing that takes the place of another.
He was asked to be a proxy for the absent chairman at the meeting.
Often appears as...
- proxy vote
- proxy server
noun
A document allowing a person to vote for another person in their absence.
He submitted his proxy to cast a vote on his behalf.
Often appears as...
- proxy vote
- cast by proxy
noun
A server that sits between a client application and a real server, making requests on behalf of the client.
The company uses a proxy server to control internet access.
Often appears as...
- proxy server
- proxy setting
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A person or thing that takes the place of another.
He was asked to be a proxy for the absent chairman at the meeting.
Often appears as...
- proxy vote
- proxy server
noun
A document allowing a person to vote for another person in their absence.
He submitted his proxy to cast a vote on his behalf.
Often appears as...
- proxy vote
- cast by proxy
noun
A server that sits between a client application and a real server, making requests on behalf of the client.
The company uses a proxy server to control internet access.
Often appears as...
- proxy server
- proxy setting
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Human Replacement
Used when someone acts on another's behalf, often in meetings or voting.
Sara attended as Jack's proxy when he couldn't make it.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Present
A proxy doesn't need to be present to represent another person's actions or rights.
He cast a vote through a proxy without attending the assembly.
Pro Tip 3/3Authority Given
The proxy has the authority to act as if they were the person they're representing.
As her proxy, I signed the contract on her behalf.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Replacement
Used when someone acts on another's behalf, often in meetings or voting.
Sara attended as Jack's proxy when he couldn't make it.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Present
A proxy doesn't need to be present to represent another person's actions or rights.
He cast a vote through a proxy without attending the assembly.
Pro Tip 3/3Authority Given
The proxy has the authority to act as if they were the person they're representing.
As her proxy, I signed the contract on her behalf.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Replacement
Used when someone acts on another's behalf, often in meetings or voting.
Sara attended as Jack's proxy when he couldn't make it.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Present
A proxy doesn't need to be present to represent another person's actions or rights.
He cast a vote through a proxy without attending the assembly.
Pro Tip 3/3Authority Given
The proxy has the authority to act as if they were the person they're representing.
As her proxy, I signed the contract on her behalf.
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Mike Biddle: We can...
that require that this stuff be recycled in a responsible manner. Most of what's extracted from our end-of-life stuff, if it makes it to a recycler, are the metals. To put that in perspective -- and I'm using steel as a proxy here for metals, because it's the most common metal -- if your stuff makes it to a recycler,
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Tristram Stuart: The...
on a global scale. What this shows is a nation-by-nation breakdown of the likely level of food waste in each country in the world. Unfortunately, empirical data, good, hard stats, don't exist, and therefore to prove my point, I first of all had to find some proxy way of uncovering how much food was being wasted.
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How to stay calm when...
where we have to make a very important decision about the future of our medical care or that of a loved one, to help them with a decision. And so I want to talk about that. And I'm going to talk about a very particular medical condition. But this stands as a proxy for all kinds of medical decision-making,
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Let the environment...
It's a very important period -- it's roughly half the period when we've been fully modern humans on the planet. We've had the same, roughly, abilities that developed civilizations as we know it. This is the environmental conditions on the planet. Here, used as a proxy, temperature variability.
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Bethany Ehlmann:...
looking forward to the future we cannot presently visit these worlds that we would like we would like to I would love love to do geology on the surface of Mars but the technologies we develop the robots we send they are our proxies
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Tracking the journey of...
world or almost everyone in the world owns a mobile phone by having a driver instead of as a proxy instead of tracking each individual vaccine vial we can track the driver with this app by doing so we can record the position and
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Peter Attia: What if...
and the understanding that scientific truth isn't final, but constantly evolving. Staying true to that path will be better for our patients and better for science. If obesity is nothing more than a proxy for metabolic illness,
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Yuval Noah Harari...
and it is the most important question we face the thing is that engineers and investors are impatient people they can't wait until we figure out this thing of consciousness so they use proxies like okay we want to
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The problem with...
to determine the muscle mass of individual patients just by looking at them? Well, doctors tell me they're using race as a shortcut. It's a crude but convenient proxy for more important factors, like muscle mass,
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Is the obesity crisis...
scientific truth isn't final but constantly evolving staying true to that path will be better for our patients and better for science if obesity is nothing more than a proxy
Video examples
Mike Biddle: We can...
that require that this stuff be recycled in a responsible manner. Most of what's extracted from our end-of-life stuff, if it makes it to a recycler, are the metals. To put that in perspective -- and I'm using steel as a proxy here for metals, because it's the most common metal -- if your stuff makes it to a recycler,
Video examples
Tristram Stuart: The...
on a global scale. What this shows is a nation-by-nation breakdown of the likely level of food waste in each country in the world. Unfortunately, empirical data, good, hard stats, don't exist, and therefore to prove my point, I first of all had to find some proxy way of uncovering how much food was being wasted.
Video examples
How to stay calm when...
where we have to make a very important decision about the future of our medical care or that of a loved one, to help them with a decision. And so I want to talk about that. And I'm going to talk about a very particular medical condition. But this stands as a proxy for all kinds of medical decision-making,
Video examples
Let the environment...
It's a very important period -- it's roughly half the period when we've been fully modern humans on the planet. We've had the same, roughly, abilities that developed civilizations as we know it. This is the environmental conditions on the planet. Here, used as a proxy, temperature variability.
Video examples
Bethany Ehlmann:...
looking forward to the future we cannot presently visit these worlds that we would like we would like to I would love love to do geology on the surface of Mars but the technologies we develop the robots we send they are our proxies
Video examples
Tracking the journey of...
world or almost everyone in the world owns a mobile phone by having a driver instead of as a proxy instead of tracking each individual vaccine vial we can track the driver with this app by doing so we can record the position and
Video examples
Peter Attia: What if...
and the understanding that scientific truth isn't final, but constantly evolving. Staying true to that path will be better for our patients and better for science. If obesity is nothing more than a proxy for metabolic illness,
Video examples
Yuval Noah Harari...
and it is the most important question we face the thing is that engineers and investors are impatient people they can't wait until we figure out this thing of consciousness so they use proxies like okay we want to
Video examples
The problem with...
to determine the muscle mass of individual patients just by looking at them? Well, doctors tell me they're using race as a shortcut. It's a crude but convenient proxy for more important factors, like muscle mass,
Video examples
Is the obesity crisis...
scientific truth isn't final but constantly evolving staying true to that path will be better for our patients and better for science if obesity is nothing more than a proxy
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
John Battelle
American Businessman
If you're a publisher and you forbid deep linking into your site, or have a paid wall or registration requirement, then you're making it hard to 'point to' your content. When no one points to your content, your content is harder to find because search uses links as a proxy for popularity.
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Todd Young
American Politician
Typically, discussions of the safety net boil down to one side wanting to spend more in the name of compassion, and the other side wanting to spend less in the name of fiscal restraint. In both cases, money serves as a proxy for moral responsibility.
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Eric Bogosian
American Actor
I do write about people who are complex and are striving with something and can't quite get past their own stuff, which would be a proxy for myself because that's what the deal is with me.
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Sean MacBride
Irish Politician
Governments go to war directly or by proxy without declaring war. Force, or threat of force, are constantly used to dominate other countries.
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Tom Chatfield
British Author
Time, presence and physical attentiveness are our most basic proxies for something ultimately unprovable: that we are understood.
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Gina Haspel
American Public Servant
Hostile states' use of proxies in war zones to inflict damage on U.S. interests and troops is a constant, longstanding concern.
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Jill Tarter
American Scientist
We don't know how to identify intelligence over interstellar distances, so what we do instead is use technology for a proxy.
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Sean Parker
American Businessman
At the end of the day, money is just a proxy for votes. That is what makes politics so vulnerable to social media.
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Howard Schultz
American Businessman
I really believe that you cannot use the stock market as a proxy for the economy.
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Mahathir Mohamad
Malaysian Politician
Jews rule the world by proxy.
Quote examples
John Battelle
American Businessman
If you're a publisher and you forbid deep linking into your site, or have a paid wall or registration requirement, then you're making it hard to 'point to' your content. When no one points to your content, your content is harder to find because search uses links as a proxy for popularity.
Quote examples
Todd Young
American Politician
Typically, discussions of the safety net boil down to one side wanting to spend more in the name of compassion, and the other side wanting to spend less in the name of fiscal restraint. In both cases, money serves as a proxy for moral responsibility.
Quote examples
Eric Bogosian
American Actor
I do write about people who are complex and are striving with something and can't quite get past their own stuff, which would be a proxy for myself because that's what the deal is with me.
Quote examples
Sean MacBride
Irish Politician
Governments go to war directly or by proxy without declaring war. Force, or threat of force, are constantly used to dominate other countries.
Quote examples
Tom Chatfield
British Author
Time, presence and physical attentiveness are our most basic proxies for something ultimately unprovable: that we are understood.
Quote examples
Gina Haspel
American Public Servant
Hostile states' use of proxies in war zones to inflict damage on U.S. interests and troops is a constant, longstanding concern.
Quote examples
Jill Tarter
American Scientist
We don't know how to identify intelligence over interstellar distances, so what we do instead is use technology for a proxy.
Quote examples
Sean Parker
American Businessman
At the end of the day, money is just a proxy for votes. That is what makes politics so vulnerable to social media.
Quote examples
Howard Schultz
American Businessman
I really believe that you cannot use the stock market as a proxy for the economy.
Quote examples
Mahathir Mohamad
Malaysian Politician
Jews rule the world by proxy.
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