acting as
Example Sentences
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Two friends allegedly aided escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife by acting as an instructor inside jail and a "man on the ground" supplying him with money, a court has heard.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Qatari jet is acting as a stopgap until two brand new Boeing Air Force Ones are delivered later this decade following a series of delays.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Mr. Ely takes an unconventional approach by acting as a narrator and interpreter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
I was also a really big “Lizzie McGuire” fan, so I got into her acting as well as her music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The second label is acting as a pseudo-pronoun, so it should be pronounish in two ways.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
