Sentence examples for a proxy for frequent from inspiring English sources
The category of exacerbation in the previous year was used as a proxy for frequent exacerbation in this analysis.
For each TR locus, we determined presence/absence of TR polymorphism, and for each polymorphic locus, we found a modal repeat number (a proxy for the most frequent, and thus likely ancestral, allele).
Although the use of the amphioxus as a proxy for the chordate ancestor is frequent in the literature, tests for its appropriateness are much rarer.
Strikingly, we find evidence that litigation by frequent patent litigators, a proxy for litigation by patent assertion entities, is directly associated with decreased VC investment, with no positive effects initially.
Because direct information on the presence of terminal cancer was not available, we used a diagnosis of cancer accompanied with a Karnofsky score ≤50 (50 = "requires considerable assistance and frequent medical care") as a proxy for terminal cancer.
The findings reveal an onset of frequent and widespread occurrences of charcoal (a proxy for past fires) 360 million years ago.
The mode is the most frequent value in a series of numbers and was chosen as a proxy for the prescribed daily number of medications, pill burden, and daily dosage.
We therefore used health plan disenrollment as a proxy for death, as we believe that few patients with metastatic breast cancer are likely to change health plans, due to frequent limitations on coverage of pre-existing conditions.
