Assertion: key | /r/SimilarTo | acts
Facets:
value: usually
type: DEGREE
value: as a dead key
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In Microsoft Word (and in most other text-input fields), using the Control key with a key that usually resembles the diacritic (e.g. ^ for a circumflex) acts as a dead key:  On the Macintosh, many keyboard layouts employ dead keys.