proxy
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An as-yet unrevealed game-changing power would be bestowed upon one player, but only after they had to blow up the proxy pumpkin scarecrow heads of all but three of the most trustworthy contestants.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
They reckon that Montage won’t be hurt by the memory cycle and it is a proxy for server CPU demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The latter’s proxy was city controller Kenneth Mejia, another person loathed by L.A.’s political know-it-alls because he keeps bucking it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Korea’s stock-market fortunes are often taken as a proxy by investors for the AI trade as a whole.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Finally, when the match ends, Zero stands up with his proxy and steps away from the glass cylinder without a word.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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He said MI5's successes in identifying and expelling Russian spies from the UK had left the Kremlin dependent on paying proxies for attempted attacks.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
His bank was banned by the Treasury Department from dollar transactions in 2024 over suspicions it helped finance Iran and its proxies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
He insisted his officers were keeping an "open mind" and considering "every possible angle" in the security scare, including the possible role of "proxies" working knowingly or unknowingly for a foreign state.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
That includes healthcare proxies, plus durable and medical powers-of-attorney documents.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Lawyers for each side met with inspectors of elections, whose job it was to approve or eliminate questionable proxies.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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