act as if
Example Sentences
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“For you to act as if you’re brand new, or you’ve been on the outside for almost six years, is not accurate,” Bass said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
They are "starting to act as if the route is compromised", he said.
From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026
We all know that past performance does not equate to future returns, even though most of Wall Street and the financial-planning industry act as if it does.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026
Published as “Calder Gardens: Drawings and Texts by Jacques Herzog,” they show how he began by thinking in terms of fragments, little slivers of space in which the sculpture would act as if on stage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025
Mom was humming some old Beatles song, trying to act as if she wasn’t all that worried, but I knew better.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
