How to Use uptake in a Sentence

uptake

noun

• She's pretty quick on the uptake.
• But researchers say uptake of these new agents has been slow.
  — Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
• But in the six weeks since, the uptake has proven even weaker than feared.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2022
• As in many states, the promise has been hampered by slow uptake.
  — Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune, 24 Nov. 2020
• The fact that the potential new guy was so quick on the uptake was enough for our thumbs-up.
  — Byron Tate, Arkansas Online, 17 June 2021
• And then over time, the firm may scale it if there’s a sizable uptake in client demand.
  — Leslie Picker, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
• At least, that appears to be the case from the social media uptake.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 14 Dec. 2022
• However, uptake of those doses has been slow out of the gate.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2022
• Among young people, AI uptake is stronger.
  — Renée Onque, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
• But in states with low vaccine uptake, those nudges didn’t change the momentum.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 26 Aug. 2021
• This will increase your oxygen uptake to 60 breaths per minute.
  — Jeff Gaudette, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 2021
• Then there’s the man doing the hugging, who, slower on the uptake, ducks out of view.
  — Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2025
• But funding for subsidized care did not keep pace with the uptake in vouchers.
  — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
• As office life starts to return to normal, the uptake on its service has slowed.
  — Chris Wack, WSJ, 21 June 2022
• This will help prevent air from entering the stem through the cut end, which can block water uptake.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
• Meta, to date, has spent more than $15 billion on its metaverse project, but uptake has been slow.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2022
• This even includes iPhone and iPad owners, though many are quick on the uptake.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 30 Mar. 2022
• One reason for the slow uptake in the United States is a lack of places to recharge.
  — New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021
• Ireland a ‘blank slate’ There has been a fair uptake among Big Tech.
  — April Roach,tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
• Did the state’s reluctance to get on board delay the program’s uptake?
  — Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 8 May 2024
• More roots mean more water and nutrient uptake, leading to healthy growth.
  — Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
• Helping to fuel the uptake in demand for the monitors has been a drop in prices.
  — NBC News, 13 Mar. 2021
• The product has had a remarkable uptake.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
• Once the vaccine is available to the general public, what is the uptake in your area?
  — Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 19 Dec. 2020
• This will help prevent air from entering the stem through the cut end and blocking water uptake.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• Detroit is among the the places in Michigan with the lowest rates of vaccine uptake.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2021
• Yankner said in the earliest stages there’s a decrease in the uptake of lithium in the brain from the blood.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
• The service’s uptake has risen steeply during the pandemic as people across the globe spend more time at home.
  — Egill Bjarnason, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2021
• But boosting the uptake of bioinnovations is only part of the plan.
  — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
• Vaccine clinics have been set up in the county, but uptake hasn’t been robust, Wells said.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2025