Synonyms for act as
act as

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1. act asverb

   function as or act like

   "This heap of stones will act as a barrier"

   Synonyms:
   play, act

2. act, play, act asverb

   pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind

   "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"

   Synonyms:
   pretend, make for, flirt, play, represent, dissemble, dally, recreate, wager, move, wreak, take on, work, toy, roleplay, playact, bet, run, fiddle, spiel, diddle, meet, act, bring, encounter, trifle, behave, do

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1. Stacey Plaskett:

   Qualified immunity has in many instances become the hood for bad police officers to, in fact, act as modern-day Ku Klux Klan members against Black and Isaiah Brown people in this country. And it has got to stop, the most conservative members of the Supreme Court say that Congress needs to do something about qualified immunity. And we can not shirk our responsibility to victims and Americans at large because we are afraid of the unions, or talking points, or those on the right who have used the blue wall as a shield against American justice.

2. Steve Maraboli:

   Plan for your success; Live your success…Act as if."

3. Norman Nathman:

   If my son were ever to say or even act as if he was uncomfortable by it, we would of course respect that.

4. Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete:

   European countries are fighting for a long-term goal ...but we need an intermediate target (for the long-term goal) by 2050 to act as a benchmark to see how are performing.

5. Real Live Preacher:

   God, I dont have great faith, but I can be faithful. My belief in you may be seasonal, but my faithfulness will not. I will follow in the way of Christ. I will act as though my life and the lives of others matter. I will love. I have no greater gift to offer than my life. Take it.