taken out

past participle of take out
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as in accompanied
to go on a social engagement with she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of taken out Anyone who’s ever taken out a mortgage, or signed any legal document for that matter, knows the routine. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025 Though some of the debt was taken out under Laesch, all of the projects to be funded through the bonds were approved by the Aurora City Council under the former Irvin administration. R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025 Cook, a native of Georgia, was an economics professor at Michigan State University at the time the mortgages were taken out. Andrea Shalal, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025 With Gordon blocking the pass back to the goalkeeper and Villa’s deeper midfield duo taken out of the equation, Mings was forced wide, where Kieran Trippier was in position to press Lucas Digne. Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025 The fan was taken out of the stadium in handcuffs. Ryan Gaydos , Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025 The weekend’s developments show the catastrophic effect of a collection of those teams being taken out, with Russian formations able to pour through the breakthrough. Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2025 The cops were called on Denise Richards Sunday when the reality star allegedly showed up at the home of her estranged husband, Aaron Phypers, despite a restraining order the reality star has taken out amid their divorce battle. Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025 Omaha was the best metro in the entire country for young homeowners, with more than 62 percent of mortgages in 2023 taken out by people under the age of 35—the highest rate in the country. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken out
Verb
  • The 2010 operation was supposed to last three days but got called off after the first hour yielded dozens of arrests and unleashed a furious reaction from then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat.
    Elliot Spagat, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In 2022, then UK Prime Minister Liz Truss unleashed a wave of market panic with unfunded tax cuts that forced the Bank of England into emergency action after 30-year gilt yields soared by over 100 basis points.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • Each rock bottom has come accompanied by a shovel, as the Dodgers keep digging deeper.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • And, it's accompanied by second total lunar eclipse of 2025.
    Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Witt — who started at shortstop — was removed from the game with low-back spasms.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • An ugly sweep at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates sunk their struggling offense to new depths and at least temporarily removed Will Smith from the equation.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • Many of the episodes released so far have addressed Chase's sobriety struggles, as well as Harvey's favoritism of him over his other grandchildren.
    Dory Jackson, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Then, the Oversight Committee later released 33,000 files on Epstein, just hours after the discharge petition opened.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Both Johnson’s and Pritzker’s comments came before Labor Day weekend in Chicago, when there were 58 people shot and eight murdered.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In Britain, for example, a man named Kyle Clifford murdered three members of the same family, all women, one of whom was his ex-girlfriend.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • The pair met in a lecture hall and dated for six years before marrying.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Radiocarbon dating, conducted in 1988 by three separate laboratories, dated the fabric between 1260 and 1390, said Andrea Nicolotti, a professor of the history of Christianity and churches at the University of Turin who was not involved with the study but had worked with Sarzeaud previously.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • That ornery cleric was Moqtada al-Sadr, the son of Mohammad Sadiq al-Sadr, a grand ayatollah assassinated almost certainly by Saddam’s order in 1999.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Israel has assassinated many of Hamas’ top military and political leadership.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
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  • Men and boys have been targeted and slain on ethnic grounds.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Officials have finalized funeral services for slain Kansas City, Kansas police officer Hunter Simoncic.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Taken out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taken%20out. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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