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 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

Residential proxy software has been spotted on cheap, off-brand video-streaming gadgets, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“Flom’s early specialty was proxy fights, and that was not what we did, just like we don’t do matrimonial work,” said Robert Rifkind, a longtime partner at Cravath, Swaine and Moore.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell