proxy

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Another tell may come from the VanEck Vectors Coal ETF, which was launched in January 2008 and used the Dow Jones Coal Index as a proxy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

So Carpino, as a proxy for Moreno, was booed loudly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The price might be right, but if you buy a dirt-cheap gadget, it could come with residential proxy software—preinstalled malware that gives hackers access to your home network.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The internet intelligence company Spur investigates residential proxy networks and keeps a list of all of their known internet locations, aka nodes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

And to run the proxy fight, the only lawyer the investor could get was someone like Joe Flom.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell