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acting as

CONJUNCTION
as
Synonyms
STRONGEST
equally similarly to the same degree
STRONG
being like
WEAK
by its nature comparatively essentially functioning as in the manner that in the same manner with just for serving as

Example Sentences

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Meet the union representative acting as a lifeline for sailors trapped at sea since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

This could be provided by the lampposts acting as "access points, just like mobile phone masts" to more powerful data centres running big AI models, he adds.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Rising wages and low unemployment are acting as stimulants.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Court filings lay out how Altman convinced Musk to back OpenAI in 2015, acting as a co-founder for a non-profit lab whose technology "would belong to the world."

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

I felt like a fraud, acting as the ship’s doctor, but I was the closest thing we had to medically trained personnel.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin