1
as in deceived
to cause to believe what is untrue
a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company
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2
as in included
to have as part of a whole
this report takes in all the latest information on the subject
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as in camped
to provide with living quarters or shelter
took in the stray dog
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Recent Examples of taken in
We may be dazzled by feats of intellect, but knowledge is ultimately taken in through the body.
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Dan Turello, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
That picture was a close-up of black branches, also taken in Windsor.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
High demand for the offering, which attracted buy and sell orders of $13 billion, reflects confidence in the policy measures taken in the last two years by President Bola Tinubu’s administration to revive one of Africa’s largest economies, the country’s debt office said.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
But the photo editor on duty in the AP’s Saigon bureau the day it was taken in 1972, Carl Robinson, now says Út was not the one who took the celebrated photo.
—Maria Fontoura, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Many of those fish were taken in the fall, when mullet were fat with roe.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
He was taken in by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office Paws and Stripes College, a program that gives homeless pups a second chance at life by training them as therapy dogs, in April 2022.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
After the death of their father, stepsiblings Andy (Billy Barratt) and Piper (Sora Wong) are orphaned and taken in by Laura (Sally Hawkins), a grieving mother who lost her only biological child.
—Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
May lower blood sugar when taken in a supplement form.
—Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025
Dan Turello, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
That picture was a close-up of black branches, also taken in Windsor.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
High demand for the offering, which attracted buy and sell orders of $13 billion, reflects confidence in the policy measures taken in the last two years by President Bola Tinubu’s administration to revive one of Africa’s largest economies, the country’s debt office said.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
But the photo editor on duty in the AP’s Saigon bureau the day it was taken in 1972, Carl Robinson, now says Út was not the one who took the celebrated photo.
—Maria Fontoura, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Many of those fish were taken in the fall, when mullet were fat with roe.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
He was taken in by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office Paws and Stripes College, a program that gives homeless pups a second chance at life by training them as therapy dogs, in April 2022.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
After the death of their father, stepsiblings Andy (Billy Barratt) and Piper (Sora Wong) are orphaned and taken in by Laura (Sally Hawkins), a grieving mother who lost her only biological child.
—Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
May lower blood sugar when taken in a supplement form.
—Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken in
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Your husband claims not to have known the weekend arrangements in advance, claiming you were both deceived — not only by his old friends, but by their wives, and by the single female neighbor.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The agency’s lawsuit asserts Instacart deceived consumers with false advertising, failure to provide refunds and unlawful subscription enrollment processes.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
19 Dec. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Efforts that included bait, noisemakers and even a trap that caught the wrong bear all failed.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The radio station just happens to be where Vickie (Amybeth McNulty) and Max (Sadie Sink) are camped out, radioing the team in the Upside Down for nervous updates.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
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The place has since been abandoned, though Victor does point the Ghoul in the direction of some NCR remnants who are camped out in the hills.—
Jack King,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2025
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Christmas lights glow above, strung along the streetlamps, incongruous against the heavy security presence that dominates the scene.—
Keir Simmons,
NBC news,
19 Dec. 2025
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Hundreds of baskets holding young oysters called spat are strung along a line that floats on the surface and sways like a long black snake in the water.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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Three City Hall employees reported that their wallets, which contained cash, credit cards, health savings account cards, and personal ID were stolen from their offices, per Boston Police reports.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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The damage was largely contained to what firefighters call a wildland-urban interface fire, not a larger conflagration like the one developing in the Palisades.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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At the airport in Tapachula, the deportees boarded white passenger buses that took them to the parking lot of the city's Olympic soccer stadium.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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People from the Kansas City area who boarded the ship are highlighted on posters hanging on the walls next to artifacts like fragments of a first-class curtain, a door handle and a White Star Line envelope.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Then later, a week after the testing was done, state inspectors discovered that about a dozen residents who had been exposed to COVID-19 were being housed in the same rooms as a slew of residents who hadn’t.—
Kevin G. Hall,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The new eatery is located in a historic building that formerly housed Eric's Porter-Haus steakhouse.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Bieber will watch Smith deliver that message from backstage, private and sheltered from view.—
Sam Kestenbaum,
Vulture,
2 Jan. 2026
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As reports flooded in, hundreds of students sheltered in place across campus buildings, including Solomon Hall, where police said that roughly 150 to 300 people were barricaded inside.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Taken in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taken%20in. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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