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Southern Methodist University is the latest to take up residence at Pegasus Park, moving its biotech research to the facility.
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Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2023
These pesky pimples take up residence right on the cusp of where your lips meet the rest of your face (called the lip line).
—Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 10 Nov. 2022
American refugees who make it to Canada take up residence in Little America, a safe-haven complex in Toronto for those fleeing Gilead.
—Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Sep. 2022
The first white man to take up residence at the confluence was Johnson Gardner, an American Fur Company trapper who caught beavers along the Yellowstone River in the 1830s.
—Megan Kate Nelson, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2022
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Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2023
These pesky pimples take up residence right on the cusp of where your lips meet the rest of your face (called the lip line).
—Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 10 Nov. 2022
American refugees who make it to Canada take up residence in Little America, a safe-haven complex in Toronto for those fleeing Gilead.
—Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Sep. 2022
The first white man to take up residence at the confluence was Johnson Gardner, an American Fur Company trapper who caught beavers along the Yellowstone River in the 1830s.
—Megan Kate Nelson, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2022
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“Take up residence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20up%20residence. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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