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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
Released in 2022, the Historiques 222 is a glitzy, modern take on one of the Swiss watchmaker’s retro classics.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2026
But Charles will have to offer his own take on those ideas, Brinkley said.
—ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
After Kenyon Sadiq went to the Jets in the first round, there were eight total tight ends taken on Day 2 of the draft.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
Manilow, 82, can be seen smiling in New York City in the photos taken on Friday, April 24.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2026
But Charles will have to offer his own take on those ideas, Brinkley said.
—ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
After Kenyon Sadiq went to the Jets in the first round, there were eight total tight ends taken on Day 2 of the draft.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
Manilow, 82, can be seen smiling in New York City in the photos taken on Friday, April 24.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take on
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Jokic secured his eligibility for the accolade by playing his 65th game on the last night of the regular season, narrowly meeting the NBA’s quota to appear on awards ballots.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
20 Apr. 2026
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Sam Nunberg, an early campaign aide, met Trump at a wrestling match.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Other sports franchises followed the Giants’ example, and dynamic pricing, which had already been employed by airlines and hotels, gradually became the norm in American sports.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Data on dietary habits exists in a few cookbooks, but researchers have to employ highly specialized methods in order to glean what the status of their health was.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Apr. 2026
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The core idea behind this concept borrows from the working principle of conventional lasers.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
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Even after last year’s relatively strong showing for the genre, games adaptations have struggled to evolve beyond simply borrowing recognizable IP.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
20 Apr. 2026
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When the 2025 season ended, the Vikings faced a steep salary-cap overage.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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We are faced with a vastly more consequential version of a Catch-22.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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To wriggle out of Joseph’s grasp, Michael hires a brash young lawyer, John Branca, played by Miles Teller, who lends the coolly confident character a delightfully rough edge.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Costs increase for those hiring an attorney or genealogist.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Those who have adopted its use for shopping are driven primarily by convenience and efficiency, but many are constrained by concerns around trust and authenticity.—
Amy O’Brien,
Vogue,
22 Apr. 2026
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Major travel and hospitality brands including Accor, Club Med, Iberostar Hotels & Resorts, Minor Hotels, Radisson Hotel Group, and Six Senses, pledged to halve food waste by 2026, adopting practices such as deploying AI to analyze guest consumption patterns across different meals and seasons.—
Jen Murphy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Apr. 2026
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And yes, any one person who does it might not be encountered often, but the older person may encounter it multiple times (from different people) in the same week.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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The department has encountered legal challenges to the firings.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Mendoza had a remarkable journey, not thought of as a top quarterback prospect when he was recruited out of high school.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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The administration has also used social media to recruit applicants.—
Eric Tucker,
Fortune,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Take on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take%20on. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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