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

At the beginning of the year, a bipartisan group of younger members of Congress introduced a resolution that would allow members who are new parents to vote by proxy for 12 weeks.

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

Sissy was so realistic about her pregnancy by proxy that she simulated morning sickness in the beginning weeks.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith