by proxy

Example Sentences

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What it has been doing all along by proxy, it now does directly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Another option for retail investors is investing in firms that work with SpaceX and can benefit by proxy from its success.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

Another option, though, would be to let the House vote to allow members with newborns to vote by proxy for 12 weeks, and get this over with.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2025

Later that month, after a rule change, she became the first MP to vote by proxy.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024

While I never met him, I had the opportunity to see him in action—see him by proxy rather, but I’ll get to that, to him, later.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin