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The phrase "actually worked as a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing someone's job or role in a specific context, often to emphasize the reality of their experience.
Example: "Despite his initial doubts, he actually worked as a software developer for five years before transitioning to project management."
Alternatives: "truly served as a" or "genuinely held the position of".
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He is a lawyer by training and never actually worked as a miner.
Ms. Johnson actually worked as a token booth clerk for several years so that she could take the train operator's test, which was closed at the time.
We actually worked as a team.
(Stone's father actually worked as a broker under Weil, Sorkin notes).
Much to my surprise, it actually worked as a leather cleaner without discoloring or visibly damaging the area.
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I started out with a masters in electrical engineering and actually worked as an automotive engineer before coming to TI.
Typically long-time VCs or ex-fund managers get a big carry, but new VCs who have have been operational (actually worked as an entrepreneur, say), do not.
But as author Madhavi Sunder pointed out, Allers actually worked as an animator in Japan in the 1980s, a place where "Jungle Emperor" was widely seen, and its creator, Tezuka, is known as Japan's Walt Disney.
So how does the RX 450h actually work as a car?
(But the Pencam does not, as the name also implies, actually work as a pen).
Can capitalism — fearsome, proven reaper of the planet's natural systems — actually work as a force for conservation?
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