Sentence examples for proxy for it from inspiring English sources

Income is not used as a category because, as of now, education level works well as a proxy for it.

Vandalism (the closest proxy for it in the statistics) has declined since the mid-1990s along with most other crimes.

She drew her data from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)—not a perfect indicator of inventiveness, but probably a fair proxy for it.

They argue that causal structure is the pragmatically essential proxy for it in the special sciences (but not necessarily in fundamental physics).

Thus, although the relationship between L-LFP and multi-unit activity is not an exact measure of the population's activation function, it is a reasonable proxy for it.

While no one would ever expect standardisation of early financial literacy education, research like this FRBNY study may show that economics education could produce better outcomes when layered in with financial literacy rather than seen as a proxy for it.

For a century hotels have been categorised by their guests' budget, or proxies for it, such as the star scale.

Although BMI is a widely used proxy for adiposity, it does not distinguish adipose from muscle tissue nor does it take the anthropometric distribution of fat into account.

By taking its cues from popular opinion and from public-interest pressure groups, by being a sort of sincere proxy for democracy, it has become an effective critic of the commission's many shortcomings.

While we think this is a pretty comprehensive list based on the chosen proxy for popularity, it's but a first pass at a list we hope will become more authoritative over time.

3. The negotiation process is a great proxy for what it's going to be like working for the company.