take hold
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Recent Examples of take hold
Baltimore will already be around 90° by noon as the hot weather pattern takes hold of the forecast.
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Rachael Jay,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Ultimately, sustainable transformation takes hold when people are not only supported by culture and technology, but also personally invested in the collective success of the organization.
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Wayne Berson,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
With his last film exploring Goodbye Julia exploring the events of 2011 when South Sudan broke away from the north, his new drama is set in Sudan in 1983 as Sharia Law takes hold.
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Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
To some extent, the 2026 festival was a retrospective of the late twentieth century, when modernist strictures were loosening and a more expansive, pluralistic mentality was taking hold.
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Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
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Rachael Jay,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Ultimately, sustainable transformation takes hold when people are not only supported by culture and technology, but also personally invested in the collective success of the organization.
—
Wayne Berson,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
With his last film exploring Goodbye Julia exploring the events of 2011 when South Sudan broke away from the north, his new drama is set in Sudan in 1983 as Sharia Law takes hold.
—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
To some extent, the 2026 festival was a retrospective of the late twentieth century, when modernist strictures were loosening and a more expansive, pluralistic mentality was taking hold.
—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take hold
take effect
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The surcharge, imposed on non-primary residences valued by the city at more than $1 million, was first proposed in April, approved in May and officially took effect this week.
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On May 1, 1775, the day the Quebec Act took effect, the life-size marble statue of George III in Montréal – erected in gratitude for his assistance following a fire – was vandalized, indicating disquiet there about this new order.
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