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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
With the Lions taking on the San Antonio Spurs in an exhibition game on Monday at Frost Bank Center, Oladipo impressed with 20 points, five rebounds, three assists and five steals.
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
What’s your take on Malick Thiaw?
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Ternus, at 50, is also well-placed to take on a long tenure at the head of Apple.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
In Week 6, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on the San Francisco 49ers as three-point favorites per FanDuel.
—Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
What’s your take on Malick Thiaw?
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Ternus, at 50, is also well-placed to take on a long tenure at the head of Apple.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
In Week 6, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on the San Francisco 49ers as three-point favorites per FanDuel.
—Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take on
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But despite all that history, the church voted in June to stop meeting due to low numbers and the inability to keep up with building maintenance costs.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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The mayor's office said the quick timeline is necessary to meet state notification deadlines for the change to take effect.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The health care sector accounted for 48% of that lackluster growth, expanding by about 232,000 jobs, even though the sector employs only about 11% of workers.—
Phillip Reese,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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Its outcome could define how far immigration officers may go in workplaces across the country, shaping protections for millions of Americans employed in industries with large immigrant labor forces and testing whether the Fourth Amendment meaningfully constrains interior enforcement.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Dalio’s debt-cycle warning Dalio has spent decades studying how countries borrow, boom, and then buckle under the weight of their obligations.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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What many fans may not know is that this was all borrowed from a classic painting.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
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Palace, 19 unbeaten, were slicker and sharper, despite their UEFA Conference League trip to face Dynamo Kyiv in Poland on Thursday.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Remember, under the current format, those were all teams coming off a wild-card series win, facing a team with most of the previous week off, just like the Tigers and Mariners.—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Two years later, he was hired by The Tennessean's sports department.—
Nicole Young,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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These new pressures add to existing ones, such as building state-of-the-art facilities and hiring expensive coaches in hopes of landing recruits.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Once again, in adopting a currency board, a country keeps its own currency and central bank.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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The nation’s highest court also adopted an ethics code to guide the justices after fierce criticism over undisclosed gifts, trips and other scandals, although there is no real means of enforcing either.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Phillies play reliever roulette Righty David Robertson entered when Cristopher Sánchez encountered trouble in the sixth, putting away pinch hitter Max Muncy, a lefty batter.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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There he was flabbergasted to discover video footage of a woman wearing a dark Balenciaga sack dress on the streets of Paris in the ’50s, encountering curiosity and visible scorn.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
4 Oct. 2025
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Bishnoi used social media to grow his gang, uploading videos and photos of his group’s criminal acts to recruit young people, according to his chargesheet.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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The bank actively recruits from a broad selection of schools worldwide and particularly values candidates with STEM backgrounds, given that Goldman employs over 10,000 engineers.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Take on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take%20on. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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