take on

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Recent Examples of take on After another quiet run in 2023, Dowdle finally got a chance to take on feature back production in 2024. Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025 To this particular brand of Christianity Gauguin married a sui-generis take on Polynesian religion. Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025 James switched and took on the challenge of defending Cooper in the post, drawing more cheers. Broderick Turner follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025 Like ‘Smallville’ and the original Superman movies before it, this take on the Fortress also featured Jor-El as an AI hologram, teaching and helping Clark throughout his early adult years to become the Man of Steel. Daryl Baxter, Space.com, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for take on
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Verb
  • The actress moved to London in 2021, meeting Felber shortly after.
    Katie Mannion, People.com, 14 July 2025
  • Choose a protein powder that will meet your specific needs.
    Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • According to McKinsey's recent Global Survey on the State of AI, only 13% of respondents said their company employs AI compliance specialists.
    Stanislava Tarasiuk, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • She had been employed at a Belleville assisted living facility.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • The scarf was oversized on Charlotte, sparking speculation that it could have been borrowed from one of her parents!
    Janine Henni, People.com, 22 July 2025
  • Yes, bitcoin is a riskier asset than real estate, but the situation with borrowing against real assets is not a completely safe bet.
    Georgii Verbitskii, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Verb
  • Intel has faced manufacturing delays, quality-control issues, marketing errors, expensive acquisitions that didn’t work out, executive management turnover and more in a highly competitive industry.
    Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025
  • Allianz’s Global Boiling report warns that heatwaves alone could subtract 0.5 percentage points from Europe’s GDP in 2025, with Spain facing losses as high as 1.4%.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • With less than a month before school begins, Gary Community School Corp. staffers made one thing clear during Thursday’s school board meeting – the district is hiring.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
  • To produce these communications, the House also hired a video producer at $115,000 a year, according to public records.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, AZCentral.com, 13 July 2025
Verb
  • Essentially, customers get a grace period to adopt a software solution without overage charges—and in turn, can get a sense of their actual usage and then possibly increase their commitment level down the line.
    Vidhi Agrawal, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • She's vegan Blanco adopted a vegan lifestyle in 2013 and has been a strong advocate of veganism ever since.
    Francesca Gariano, People.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • For the first time Cuba allowed more visitors from abroad, particularly Cuban Americans, and encounters between the Cuban diaspora and Cubans living on the island began to happen.
    Jane Ciabattari July 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
  • The center's July 18 report shows at least 26 states plus Washington, D.C., are encountering a summer surge, according to its epidemic trend modeling, using data from emergency department visits.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 22 July 2025
Verb
  • Travers impresses New signing Mark Travers has been recruited with a simple brief: to compete with long-term No 1 Pickford.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 21 July 2025
  • Her goal was to become a commercial pilot, but when the U.S. entered the war in late 1941, she was recruited with two dozen other American women pilots to serve for three years in the RAF’s Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA).
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2025

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