taken down

past participle of take down
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Recent Examples of taken down His Facebook account was also taken down in 2019, further limiting his online presence. Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 Both Good Good and Callaway have apologized for the ad, which has been taken down. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Colossal also states that competition dashboards and profile pages are taken down after the campaign concludes. Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 In the 40th minute, Navarro made a run into the box and was taken down by Nkosi Tafari, drawing a yellow card and a Colorado penalty kick. Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026 Many of the clips have since been taken down by copyright strikes. Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 The idea is that Disney’s notorious copyright strikes would be enough to get any unsolicited videos taken down across social media. Joshua Hong, Fortune, 14 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken down
Verb
  • In their first national title game, the Wildcats humiliated Oklahoma in the national semifinal by 44, and in their second, demoralized Michigan in the title game by 17.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • After being publicly humiliated by Daemon Targaryen and lured to switch sides (with his dragon) to the Greens by Ormund Hightower, party animal Ulf is still drunk and MIA when the battle starts.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Con Edison was also called in due to power lines being knocked down behind the homes.
    Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Metro Fire crews knocked down the vehicle fire and tended to the two before pronouncing one of the victims dead at the scene.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Gruber noted that five elementary schools in his area have closed in the past nine years.
    Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Warsh noted that in the past year, 54% of goods and services tracked by the government have seen price increases of 3% or higher.
    Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 28 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
  • And, often, the material is so technical that it is disconnected from real-world use, leading to even less engagement and retention.
    Jason Corso, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Media already selected for AI training may remain in Google's training systems after it has been disconnected from your account.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Our business has no fix for that, so our observations get written down and thrown into a production report.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Sir John de Stricheley died at the castle in 1341 (and was important enough to have his death written down properly).
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Troubles from the start The groundbreaking attraction, which Six Flags has sunk millions of dollars into, was plagued with problems from the outset.
    Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Search aircraft and ships on Tuesday were scouring the area where the cargo ship MV Ocean Winner reportedly sunk Saturday about 276 miles (444 kilometers) from the Paradip coast of India's eastern Odisha state.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Talks with Canada have broken down again, with Mark Carney deciding retaliation is set for September 8.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
  • 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

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“Taken down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taken%20down. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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