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.

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What's next: The firm, based in Greenwich, Conn., and Los Angeles, plans to back about 20 companies, investing as both lead and follow-on, sometimes seeking board seats. —

Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024 Earlier this year, Alphabet pledged to invest as much as $5 billion over several years to help the startup build its autonomous driving technology. —

Alena Botros, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024 Though SMRs present an option to build out nuclear energy generation capacity without investing as much time and resources as necessary to build a full-sized power plant, there is still a long way to go before the technology comes online to begin constructing them at scale. —

Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 This lack of direct impact is why many impact-supportive investors take issue with ESG and see impact investing as a necessary and much-needed corrective. —

Priya Parrish, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for invest as