noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
vote
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Those proxy votes must be used in support of incumbent management unless the shareholder specifically instructs the bank otherwise.
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A proxy vote on the two offers is expected in February at the earliest.
■ VERB
use
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However, when spot volatility was used as the proxy , there was some evidence of a maturity effect.
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In the usual case, all clients within a given subnet use the same proxy .
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Second, mortality rates have sometimes been used as a proxy for morbidity rates.
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Inevitably we are moved in the direction of using proxies which can not properly be validated.
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The 90 day treasury bill rate was used as a proxy for the risk-free rate of interest.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
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However, when spot volatility was used as the proxy , there was some evidence of a maturity effect.
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If you specify this machine's address as your proxy server, it should make browsing faster.
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My stepmother was an agent of emotional estrangement, of war by proxy , combat by youth, and chronic discipline.
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Prior to each annual meeting at which directors are elected, current management solicits the voting proxies of the stockholders.
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Some academics have spent years squirrelling around for proxies for gun ownership in given geographical areas.
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The proxy must be in a position to filter dangerous URLs and malformed commands.