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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
England will play indoors in Atlanta on Wednesday, before potentially taking on Mexico in Mexico City.
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Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
30 June 2026
The answer, to be reductive, is that Splatoon Raiders is Nintendo's take on a looter-shooter, a Splatoon version of Borderlands or Destiny.
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Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
30 June 2026
The other side of the bracket has already been determined, as the winner of Tuesday’s clash in Arlington will head to New York/New Jersey to take on Brazil.
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Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 June 2026
Channing Johnson Photography, Inc Fifty-four percent of low-income parents have taken on a second job or extra hours to keep food on the table.
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Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
30 June 2026
The answer, to be reductive, is that Splatoon Raiders is Nintendo's take on a looter-shooter, a Splatoon version of Borderlands or Destiny.
—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
30 June 2026
The other side of the bracket has already been determined, as the winner of Tuesday’s clash in Arlington will head to New York/New Jersey to take on Brazil.
—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 June 2026
Channing Johnson Photography, Inc Fifty-four percent of low-income parents have taken on a second job or extra hours to keep food on the table.
—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take on
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The United States and Iran have agreed to meet in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday for further discussions, according to another US official.
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Sources told Axios that both sides agreed to halt attacks on each other and meet in Qatar on Tuesday to resolve differences over the Strait of Hormuz.
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Alyse Lopez-Salm, who lives in a small North Carolina town close to the military base that employs her husband, is one of the 35 million Americans who work from home.
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First, that Netanyahu will once again rely on the anti-Arab rhetoric that his party has employed for years.
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But that was little comfort to tech investors, who are concerned that short-term inflation will increase the debt burden of mega-cap companies that have borrowed large amounts of money to fund their artificial intelligence infrastructure.
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Between 2008 and 2020, the after-tax cost of borrowing for many large companies hovered at or below inflation—making debt, in real terms, effectively free.
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But the court also said the people facing deportation must pursue their cases individually where they are being held, under what are called habeas petitions, rather than collectively, under what is called a class action.
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The University of California Health system and Cigna, facing a July 1 deadline to reach a new contract covering a large group of Sacramento-area patients, have agreed to an extension to allow more time for negotiations.
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The point of the Top 10 lists, Chandrasekaran said, is to steer young adults to employers that are actively hiring recent graduates into jobs that can seed meaningful careers.
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André Duvenhage, research director at South Africa’s North-West University, said migrants are often hired because employers see them as willing to work for lower wages and, as non-citizens, they are typically not protected by as many labor protections.
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The board also adopted a four-year strategic plan with academic targets and measures of college, career and social-emotional readiness.
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The Sacramento County Office of Education is expected to review and approve the budget before the state adopts its final budget in July.
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Many were already struggling when the Biden administration attempted to enact sweeping student debt relief in the wake of the Covid pandemic, but the proposal encountered Republican blowback.
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Raising this concern to the funeral director is a great option as that person may have encountered a similar situation and be fully prepared to help walk the family through it with sensitivity to the needs of all involved.
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Kenya’s foreign minister flew to Moscow in March to demand that Russia stop recruiting Kenyans, describing the pipeline bringing Kenyan citizens to Russia as a human trafficking ring.
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Barcott is the co-founder and CEO of With Honor, an organization that recruits bipartisan veterans to run for office.
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“Take on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take%20on. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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