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as in to employ
to provide with a paying job
decided to take her on as store manager
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as in to borrow
to take for one's own use (something originated by another)
recently arrived immigrants who are eager to take on the language and culture of their adopted homeland
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Recent Examples of take on
In July, the designer released his take on the flip-flop.
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Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Paired against Carolina Rodriguez for Team Niall’s final Battle, Kirbi and Carolina delivered a soaring and intimate take on Daigle’s Grammy-winning ballad.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2025
Other social media users across TikTok and Instagram have also been sharing their own takes on their own takes on the Troy Bolton kid theory.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Also, here's Mitch Albom's take on last night's win.
—Elissa Robinson, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Paired against Carolina Rodriguez for Team Niall’s final Battle, Kirbi and Carolina delivered a soaring and intimate take on Daigle’s Grammy-winning ballad.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2025
Other social media users across TikTok and Instagram have also been sharing their own takes on their own takes on the Troy Bolton kid theory.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Also, here's Mitch Albom's take on last night's win.
—Elissa Robinson, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take on
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The actor had previously met success with the first film in Netflix's The Kissing Booth series, but his searing performance as the nervy, brooding jock Nate Jacobs was among the most potent features that made Euphoria a water cooler hit.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Oct. 2025
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The council has met regularly since the fall to collect public input and formulate recommendations, but the final proposal for a graduation standard to the governor will be made by the Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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But American manufacturing looks very different from five decades ago, when millions of workers were employed to perform specific tasks along assembly lines.—
Joel Williams,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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Companies that employ geopolitical foresight will be better equipped to navigate disruption and unlock growth opportunities.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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In this case, the buyer was able to borrow enough money from family members to buy the home in cash — with plans to take out a mortgage when the government opens again.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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In borrowing from a patchwork of references, and steeping them in a brew both sacred and profane, D’Angelo was doing more than homage.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
18 Oct. 2025
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Economists warn the incoming administration faces immediate challenges, including securing fuel supplies and building coalitions in a fragmented legislature.—
Reuters 3 min ago,
CNN Money,
20 Oct. 2025
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Wealthier Americans have been assisted by rising house values, lucrative stock market returns and favorable credit, while lower- and middle-income buyers have faced tighter budgets and have been hit hard by rising inflation.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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But as multiple advertising world sources note, Apple has hired its fair share of TV and streaming video veterans over the past couple of years, which, when combined with this newfound desire to cut deals to expand Apple TV’s reach, is certainly suggestive of broader ambitions.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Oct. 2025
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As part of its hiring blitz, the agency has dropped age, training and education standards and has offered recruits signing bonuses as high as $50,000.—
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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Central Arkansas Water, the regional water utility that provides drinking water to Little Rock, chose to raise rates in January 2023, adopting a 10-year schedule of increases that runs through 2032.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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When the observed paths of planets became increasingly difficult to explain with a model that placed the earth at the center of the universe, eventually a new model was adopted with the sun at the center.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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So the story continues to encounter somebody who our heroes think is bad, and then learn that our heroes would have done the same thing in that position.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
18 Oct. 2025
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Vought also encountered resistance inside the White House.—
Andy Kroll,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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Revolutionary groups, often recruited from universities and the intelligentsia, were soon carrying out terrorist attacks in the cities.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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Ring of Fire Skull recruited Dusty Summers from a club in Las Vegas.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Take on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take%20on. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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