acting as

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“If the vote were to end in a tie, Deputy Governor Himino, acting as chair, would make the deciding call—but his decision would not diverge from Governor Ueda’s intentions,” JPMorgan’s Ayako Fujita said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Living in separate homes, acting as if your house is a teenage crash pad and refusing to make any changes to his habits treats you like girlfriend/boyfriend rather than husband/wife.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Ringrose adds: "When you have a child acting as a brand ambassador and promoting this world to other children it legitimises it."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

He also expects Apple to launch an independent Siri app that functions similarly to other AI apps by acting as an “interface for text, voice, and attachments.”

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Toward the end of practice, Mom and Mr. Stokely came out from behind the curtain, acting as if nothing unusual had been going on.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman