proxy
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His takeaway is nuanced, and he cautioned that investors shouldn’t use conference-call mentions “ as a proxy for either the technology’s adoption or near-term utility.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins on Wednesday issued a one-two punch to government pension funds and proxy advisory firms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Hugging Face hack instead points to switched-off safeguards, tasks assigned without a valid exit, rewards for persistence, and an internet-accessible proxy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Real one-year yields, a proxy for the real policy rate, nine years from now are at 3.3%, higher than just before the global financial crisis.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
There were lawyers who knew more about the rules of proxy contests, but no one was better in a fight than Joe Flom...
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Using VPNs, proxies, corporate networks, university Wi-Fi and public networks can increase how often someone sees a captcha, says Yang Xiang, a professor at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
So we reach for proxies: hours of sleep, number of words said, percentile growth chart.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Independent power producers rerated like technology stocks, and utilities that spent decades as bond proxies suddenly had growth stories.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The corsairs, sometimes defining themselves as a naval mujahideen, also acted as mercenaries or proxies.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Lawyers for each side met with inspectors of elections, whose job it was to approve or eliminate questionable proxies.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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