invest as
phrasal verb
invested as; investing as; invests as
formal
: to give (someone) the power and authority of (a particular position or title)
The group invested her as chairperson.
Examples of invest as in a Sentence
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The three have been invested as Knight Companions of the Most Noble Order of the Companion.
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Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
The automaker is scrapping a plan that required dealers to invest as much as $1.2 million in their stores in order to qualify to receive models such as the electric Mustang Mach-E and the F-150 Lightning plug-in pickup.
—Keith Naughton, Bloomberg.com, 13 June 2024
The single-for-a-reason guy isn’t willing to get as emotionally invested as his dad did in that saving-Japan role by taking on kaiju in his homeland.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 12 June 2024
We've been invested as a family in Detroit for many, many, many years and this is kind of doubling down on that and that won't change.
—Ayesha Javed, TIME, 9 June 2024
Washington’s best chance of countering any inroads that Beijing makes will be to recruit other external powers to invest as a counterweight.
—Michael Singh, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
Mooney was endorsed by the anti-tax Club for Growth, which had vowed to spend millions in support of their candidate but ultimately didn't invest as significantly after Justice became the odds-on primary favorite.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 14 May 2024
Instead, keep it simple, and invest as broadly and as cheaply as possible.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 10 May 2024
The reason behind this approach is that while some may dismiss real estate investing as not being rocket science, Davis believes otherwise.
—William Mullane, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
The automaker is scrapping a plan that required dealers to invest as much as $1.2 million in their stores in order to qualify to receive models such as the electric Mustang Mach-E and the F-150 Lightning plug-in pickup.
—Keith Naughton, Bloomberg.com, 13 June 2024
The single-for-a-reason guy isn’t willing to get as emotionally invested as his dad did in that saving-Japan role by taking on kaiju in his homeland.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 12 June 2024
We've been invested as a family in Detroit for many, many, many years and this is kind of doubling down on that and that won't change.
—Ayesha Javed, TIME, 9 June 2024
Washington’s best chance of countering any inroads that Beijing makes will be to recruit other external powers to invest as a counterweight.
—Michael Singh, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
Mooney was endorsed by the anti-tax Club for Growth, which had vowed to spend millions in support of their candidate but ultimately didn't invest as significantly after Justice became the odds-on primary favorite.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 14 May 2024
Instead, keep it simple, and invest as broadly and as cheaply as possible.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 10 May 2024
The reason behind this approach is that while some may dismiss real estate investing as not being rocket science, Davis believes otherwise.
—William Mullane, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
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“Invest as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invest%20as. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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