How to Use takeover in a Sentence

takeover

1 of 2 noun

• The government experienced a military takeover in 2002.
• The Taylor Swift takeover is in full swing on the U.K. chart blast.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2023
• Here’s video of the street takeover in NoDa last night.
  — Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2024
• Some have claimed the takeover was due to the bank’s crypto business.
  — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 21 Mar. 2023
• Twitter was in the midst of a hostile Elon Musk takeover.
  — WIRED, 3 Aug. 2023
• Trump effected a takeover of the RNC just a few months ago.
  — Frank Donatelli, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024
• Studies have shown that hate speech and spam have shot up since Musk's takeover.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2023
• The state takeover of Shelby Park comes over the objections of the city of Eagle Pass, which owns the land.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2024
• After the Israeli takeover, Egypt closed its side of the crossing.
  — Jane Arraf, NPR, 31 Aug. 2024
• There is no takeover of any part of this city, of any apartment complex.
  — Jesse Bedayn and Adriana Gomez Licon, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
• Not even the fruit world can resist the Barbiecore takeover.
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2023
• Her takeover from Theron as the face of the fragrance comes after the actress joined the perfume brand back in 2004.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2024
• Some tweets and accounts have been up for months and predate Musk’s takeover.
  — Ben Goggin, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2023
• This year the brand partnered with Galaxy Macau for its first pool takeover there in May.
  — Luis Campuzano, WWD, 21 June 2024
• But the compostable-packaging takeover has been tough to miss.
  — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 6 July 2023
• There was even a 270-foot dragon takeover on top of the Empire State Building.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 July 2024
• Barbie’s most obvious takeover is seen in the toy aisle.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 10 Aug. 2023
• He was allegedly spotted near the Otay Mesa takeover and pulled over a few blocks away around 1:50 a.m.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2024
• And the iron gates had been removed, and the reason they'd been removed was Kam Tin was the site of a rebellion against the British takeover in 1898.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2023
• State police responded to the report of a street takeover in Bethany over the weekend.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024
• Irwin had taken over the job from Yoel Roth, who resigned in the weeks after Musk’s takeover.
  — Clare Duffy, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
• The women who were studying before [the takeover] never came back.
  — Riazat Butt, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
• Here are the sectors most likely weather a robot takeover—and those that won’t.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
• Both currently sit in the 40s, and as the Taylor Swift takeover clears out a bit in the coming week, there should be ample room to grow.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 7 May 2024
• The county is not the first government agency to take action against street takeovers.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
• But the takeover of Hamilton Hall was a marked escalation.
  — Sharon Otterman, New York Times, 8 May 2024
• Lemon went on to ask about research showing hate speech had increased on X since Musk’s takeover.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2024
• The department mapped out where the street takeovers are likely to take place and installed rubber speed bumps.
  — Martin Kaste, NPR, 26 June 2024
• The most obvious one is the student takeover of Hamilton Hall, which, in 1968, was the main classroom building.
  — Solcyré Burga, TIME, 2 May 2024
• His pitch—that saying no to that foreign takeover is a vote for American promise, prosperity, and security—could steel patriots on both sides of the aisle.
  — Nick Rockel, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024

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take over

2 of 2 verb

• I'll take over for her until she gets back from her morning break.
• For a long time, the gym bros took over the weight room.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 20 May 2024
• The test driver took over, but the truck still hit the deer.
  — Trisha Thadani, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
• So the Beavers take over at their 29-yard line on downs.
  — oregonlive, 4 Nov. 2022
• No one else wanted to be there, so the artists took over.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• That younger self winds up taking over as the host of Sparkle’s show.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
• Many have already stepped up to the plate and offered to take over.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 20 Dec. 2022
• Bulgari states that the necklace took over 2,800 hours to make.
  — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
• The brand is poised to take over Bucherer, which has more than 100 stores worldwide.
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2023
• Naoum hand-painted the entire game, a process that took over 2,000 hours.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
• The renovation is the work of the Barceló Hotel Group, who took over the derelict building in 2021.
  — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
• In 2023, instead of a fresh pant width or rise length, denim skirts took over the streets.
  — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2023
• On Tuesday, the heat will again move into the West with a heat dome taking over the Southwest.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 10 June 2024
• Once the weather starts to warm up, expect to see barely-there shorts and hot pants take over.
  — Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
• Nick and Griffin take over while Meredith runs like hell to see if her kids are okay.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2022
• Crew is to take over on July 1, the company said in a statement.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 28 Mar. 2023
• Peter Quinn directs the clip, which sees a band of Cuomos take over the studio and cut loose.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 29 Nov. 2022
• In Colorado, where Venezuelans are taking over the whole town.
  — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2024
• It’s the second takeaway for the Patriots, who take over at their own 37.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Jan. 2023
• The Lakers’ dished out a season-best 38 assists, James taking over as the point guard in the lineup switch.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2023
• Freeze said Kaufman would take over Scott’s spot as the nickel corner.
  — Matt Cohen | [e-mail], al, 18 Sep. 2023
• The American flag, the lodestar of the Republican look since Nixon, took over.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024
• At some point, his son Robert H. Berry took over the family business.
  — Graham Womack, Sacramento Bee, 20 July 2024
• Haden didn’t take over as a full-time starter until Week 11 of his rookie season.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 29 Oct. 2022
• This could happen as brands and businesses take over from the creators.
  — Adam Rumanek, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
• It’s got a spacious, comfortable clubhouse the A’s took over after the Raiders left.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
• And the city has been hosting monthly block parties that take over downtown streets.
  — Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2022
• Frankel, the Huskies’ record-setting goalie, is off to pro hockey, leaving senior Gwyneth Philips to take over.
  — Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2022
• His son, Walter, who goes by the nickname J.R., has worked at the nightclub for more than 30 years, and has long been trained to take over the business.
  — oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2023
• The pessimists believe that robots will take over human jobs, putting millions out of work.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Oct 2024