In the role or manner of the thing mentioned.
This is a valuable artefact and should be treated as such.
(usually in negative constructions) In a true or literal sense.
I don't have a library as such, but I do have quite a large collection of books.
Per se, by itself, in itself, in and of itself.
Money as such is not the root of evil.
Being as previously mentioned or described.
I'm a mother of four young children; as such, I'm always rushed off my feet.
Far more numerous are those as such who think to little and talk to much. John Dryden
It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too. Alexis de Tocqueville
Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such. Henry Miller
Sentences are not as such either true or false. J. L. Austin
It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades. Susan Sontag
Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed. Mahatma Gandhi