Sentence examples for understood as a proxy from inspiring English sources

Children of more educated parents, generally understood as a proxy for higher socioeconomic status, also largely use their devices for entertainment.

"Children of more educated parents, generally understood as a proxy for higher socioeconomic status, also largely use their devices for entertainment," writes Mr. Richtel.

Moreover, the trade balance which in most countries can be understood as a proxy for the current account and, in this sense, may reflect the net inflow/outflow of foreign currency—is significant in many cases with a negative effect on the REER.

AQAP and the Houthis are longstanding opponents but the recent conflict, broadly understood as a proxy war between Sunni powerhouse Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran, has sparked a dramatic uptick in violent confrontations as the jihadists and rebels jostle for territory in a conflict that has inflamed long simmering sectarian tensions.

Service use cannot be understood as a proxy for health outcomes and timely contacts with skilled practitioners may have better outcomes than multiple contacts with others who may not have the time or the experience to provide appropriate help.

From this perspective, quality is at best only a proxy of healthcare performance, which is understood as a much broader concept.

The therapist has become a proxy for someone else and may hear judgments projected on to her or him that only make sense if the therapist is understood as a stand-in, an "as if" relationship.

Ryle rejects the view that thinking is symbol manipulation: indeed, he denies that words, phrases or sentences are symbols, if symbols are to be understood as proxies or as representations for something else (perhaps that which the word is alleged to designate).

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Possible exceptions include the use of evolved patterns of genetic diversity across landscapes to understand host movements as a proxy for landscape-scale transmission risk (Blanchong et al. 2008; Lee et al. 2012).

Note that this last constraint, the consent of the patient or the patient's proxy, is not naturally classified as a concern with proportionality, understood as the weighing of harms and benefits.