How to Use take-up in a Sentence

take-up

1 of 2 noun

• Retirement plan take-up isn’t an exact proxy for new job creation, of course.
  — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
• There was great take-up of the 11 high-quality op-ed pieces on offer.
  — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
• The strongest evidence shows that 529 tax incentives do not do much to expand take-up.
  — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
• The streamer still has a relatively low take-up in big territories and now boasts a healthy originals library of shows that can be sold in second windows.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
• The long-term impact will depend on take-up, integration with other supports and broader demographic shifts.
  — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
• The idea of an ocean-bottom detector, estimated to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, has seen little take-up from government funders to date.
  — James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
• Meanwhile, there are differences in side effects between the two drugs that could also have an impact on their take-up — assuming, of course, that orforglipron is approved for marketing.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 26 Feb. 2026
• Auto-renewal also cut promotional subscription take-up by 35 percent.
  — Hec Paris Insights, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
• Pitaro reiterated his past assertions that reinforcing the number of total subscribers across linear TV and streaming would be ESPN’s goal, not generating a specific amount of take-up in streaming.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
• The researchers synthesized spinnable fibers with transition temperatures of approximately 30 and 60 degrees Celsius, then tested variables including spinning temperature, spinneret diameter and take-up speed on laboratory and pilot-scale equipment.
  — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
• The highest take-up of registrations onto FIFA PASS has been by nationals from Uzbekistan, China, India, Turkey, Mexico and Colombia.
  — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 14 May 2026
• The Office actor Julie Fernandez and Sara Johnson have been in post two-and-a-half years now at Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, which reps the likes of Steve McQueen and Stephen Frears, and have recently felt their frustration at low industry take-up of access coordinators boil over.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026

take up

2 of 2 verb

• The process can take up to four days.
  — Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026
• That process can take up to six months.
  — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 25 Jan. 2026
• The process can take up to two weeks in some states.
  — Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
• And the burr grinder takes up far more counter space in my small kitchen.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
• Full results can take up to a year or longer.
  — Jay Sparks, USA Today, 15 June 2026
• Each tunnel may take up to a month’s worth of work.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 June 2026
• Plus, the slim design takes up next to no space.
  — Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
• Colorado has urged the high court not to take up the case.
  — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2026
• Getting that bridge built took up my days and nights and time.
  — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• Even she is impressed by the sheer space these things take up!
  — Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
• Put your bag on your lap or rest it on your feet to take up less space.
  — Claudia Fisher, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026
• The school board has not yet set a date to take up the matter.
  — Leslie Postal, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Dec. 2021
• But this can take up to a month or two for some plants to show signs of life.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
• Then Menzies takes up the theme.
  — Sarah Crompton, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2026
• He is set to take up the post on May 18.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
• Weir took up the guitar at age 13.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2026
• Its sleek and slim design won’t take up much space on your kitchen counter.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
• This would likely take up to 20 years.
  — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
• The center of the home is taken up by the kitchen.
  — Adam Williams march 01, New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2026
• The center of the home is taken up by its kitchen.
  — New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025
• This stack takes up 50% of your total salary.
  — Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 11 Oct. 2025
• Those ideas could be taken up at a later point.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
• There's a lot on the line here—boots take up a lot of space in your closet.
  — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Aug. 2022
• The form is thorough and could take up to an hour to complete.
  — al, 7 Feb. 2022
• The fish strip takes up the entire hand-sized tortilla.
  — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2026
• For example, pole beans take up less space than bush beans.
  — Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 3 Mar. 2026
• Flaming garbage took up the whole northbound side of the street.
  — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024
• Some states are taking up the issue.
  — Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 10 June 2026
• Lacy died days before the grand jury was set to take up his case.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025
• If polyps are found, the colonoscopy may take up to 45 minutes.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024