taken down

past participle of take down
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Recent Examples of taken down The company’s webpage dedicated to the fire response has since been taken down. Celina Tebor, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 Earlier Saturday morning, Morrissey’s website still had the shows listed, but they’ve since been taken down. Jack Dunn, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026 Democrats have also seen incumbent leaders backed by the establishment taken down in their primaries by an insurgent socialist movement. Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2026 Hilton’s TikTok account was later banned, and the livestream has since been taken down. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026 All 14 tour dates listed are now marked as canceled on Ticketmaster, and the tour’s official website has been taken down. Sophie Ziedalski, NBC news, 31 July 2026 Some of the women who say naked pictures of them were released in the documents have gone to court to get those records taken down. Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 31 July 2026 The link, taken down and described by team spokespeople as a mistake, sent speculation through the roof that LeBron and Riley would work together again. David Aldridge, New York Times, 25 July 2026 The impact, and possibly his movement by deputies after he was taken down, left him paralyzed from the neck down. Trevor Morgan, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken down
Verb
  • Online Israel critics, whose numbers multiplied throughout 2026, humiliated Stevens.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The moment is a deliberate callback to the premiere, when Max seized a microphone at a fundraiser and humiliated Anna in public.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • Firefighters knocked down several new blazes Friday, and officials warned crews not to grow complacent during mop-up.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The incident was captured live on YES Network and showed Duluc getting knocked down before eventually getting back to her feet, according to the complaint.
    Madison Lambert, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Stewart noted the young star’s adjustments from Monday’s game to Wednesday’s, highlighting Malonga’s ability to find easier looks in the regular-season finale.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The poll also noted that among Republican voters, 38% rate him as unfavorable compared to 30% favorable.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The women were shamed into surrendering their babies by their families and a powerful church.
    Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 12 July 2026
  • But because there are rules and codes that have to be honored to make sports work, the transgressors typically are penalized or at least shamed for doing so.
    Vahe Gregorian July 7, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Beyond the audience reaction in Sundance, Wilde questioned the fact that comedy as a genre had come disconnected from cinema audiences.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2026
  • When a visionary's plans are disconnected from reality, the problems often do not get caught early.
    Rohan Pinto, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • An organization that keeps its unchangeable problem written down somewhere visible has not solved it.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • That’s enough to call it preexisting, whether or not it was written down anywhere.
    Sharon Wu, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • After decades of relatively peaceful seas, cargo vessels have become high-priority targets, getting damaged, sunk or seized with abandon.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Water levels in Budapest sunk to 4 inches Monday, shattering the previous record low of 13 inches set in 2018, according to the Associated Press.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Where the model has broken down is when departures happened without an anchor — when members left the group itself rather than just the label, or when a member’s exit was involuntary or acrimonious rather than mutually agreed.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • When broken down by generation, Gen Xers are the least financially prepared generation for retirement by nearly every measure.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 26 July 2026

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“Taken down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taken%20down. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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