Sentence examples for was a proxy for from inspiring English sources

He was a proxy for a wheelchair-bound businessman, who had paid his expenses.

Or maybe education was a proxy for wealth, and it was wealth that led to health.

"My conflicts were all with Addington, who was a proxy for the vice president.

The stakes were hardly critical, yet our conflict was a proxy for a deeper question gnawing at our life as a couple: Where were we headed?

He'd heard it said that every suicide was a proxy for a murder that the perpetrator could only symbolically commit; every suicide a murder gone awry.

Really, though, that question was a proxy for another: could Hollywood conceivably manage to co-opt that day into the great American mythos without committing crimes against good taste?

Unemployment claims are a proxy for layoffs.

Jobless claims are a proxy for layoffs.

Applications are a proxy for layoffs.

"It's a proxy for enthusiasm".

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