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The phrase "act as chief" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing someone taking on the responsibilities or role of a leader or chief in a particular context.
Example: "During the meeting, she was asked to act as chief while the manager was away."
Alternatives: "serve as leader" or "function as chief".
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In the interim, the company's chairman, Richard M. Drysdale, will act as chief executive.
The chairman, Wallace Abbott, and Guy Sansone will act as chief executive.
Michael van Swaaij, eBay's chief strategy officer, will act as chief executive of Skype until eBay hires a replacement.
Mr. Frumin's last official act as chief parliamentarian will be to finish editing "Riddick's Senate Procedure," the official book of Senate procedure.
Michelson: Often, it will be an executive who's deeply experienced but is too advanced in age to act as chief executive for the long term.
The heads of the subsidiaries act as chief salesmen for their various services, and often head up the bidding teams that put together sophisticated proposals.
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"We understand we have to act as quickly as possible," Chief Kilduff said.
Acted as Chief Negotiator for Singapore in talks leading to the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.
He also acted as chief adviser on atomic policy to President Roosevelt and, later, to Pres.
Deng also acted as chief commissar of the communists' Second Field Army during the Chinese Civil War (1947 49).
At the moot court in April, Irving L. Gornstein, the institute's executive director, acted as chief justice.
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