"wield as" is not an acceptable phrase in written English.
Instead, you can use "wield," "use," or "employ as" to convey the same meaning. Example: He wielded his trusty sword as a sign of courage.
impresario who has come to wield as much influence as anyone in the modern history of boxing.
Regardless of her official status, she may wield as much influence as the Vermont senator Bernie Sanders.
WHEN it comes to raw power (the lasting kind), few people in this entertainment capital wield as much as Ana Martinez.
For decades, Savage argues, Cheney has "wanted to permanently alter the constitutional balance of American government, establishing powers that future presidents would be able to wield as well".
In a state where Republicans wield as much power as a dead lemur, this is how debates over fiscal responsibility are won, and some polling suggests the argument will find receptive ears.But it will also face determined opposition.
In the dream world of Silicon Valley, ordinary citizens wield as much power as insurance companies: thus, they reason, information about our activity will surely be equally empowering to both?
By some measures, Mr. Brennan wielded as much power as if he had led the agency all along — an opportunity that was denied to him until now.
In this sense literature wields as much cognitive power as thought experiments and physical experiments.
America's big non-profit hospitals can wield budgets as big as its for-profit ones.
Military academies trained British "gentleman-officer-scholars" to wield paintbrushes as well as swords.
But the late August and Labor Day weekend slump wield just as much influence.
