1
as in lifted
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
please take up the blanket so I can look underneath it
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as in absorbed
to take in (something liquid) through small openings
the soil was so dry that the plant seemed to take up the much-needed water instantly
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as in borrowed
to take for one's own use (something originated by another)
one cluster of fans started chanting the team name of the champions, and the crowd quickly took up the cry
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Recent Examples of taken up
Wednesday Season 2, Part 2, meanwhile, reintroduces the late Nevermore Principal Larissa Weems (Gwendoline Christine), who now has taken up residence in Wednesday’s consciousness after she was gravely injured at the end of Part 1.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The center of the home is taken up by its kitchen.
—New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025
So why hasn’t this anti-discrimination organization ever taken up the struggle of Palestinians?
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
New manufacturing facilities, particularly for clean technologies, have taken up new space in industrial parks.
—Justin Worland, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The center of the home is taken up by its kitchen.
—New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025
So why hasn’t this anti-discrimination organization ever taken up the struggle of Palestinians?
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
New manufacturing facilities, particularly for clean technologies, have taken up new space in industrial parks.
—Justin Worland, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken up
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The country’s Home Affairs Minister resigned, and the government lifted the social-media ban the day after.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The mass protests started in response to the ban—which was lifted on Tuesday, September 9—but have since broadened into an expression of dissatisfaction with the country's political leadership and alleged corruption.—
Robert Birsel
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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The New York Times reported on a Goldman Sachs study which found that consumers so far have borne only 10-40% of the cost of tariffs – producers and exporters have absorbed the rest.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Glucose is absorbed in the intestine and passes into the blood.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
6 Sep. 2025
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The authorities should be called, absolutely, not only for your benefit but the benefit of future customers who also don’t want their wheels borrowed.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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That’s due to a combination of cost-prohibitive music rights and clips borrowed from other films and TV series.—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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That raised officially reported deaths from such causes to at least 361, including 130 children, the vast majority in recent weeks.—
Emily Rose,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Adding to the pressure, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s recent cabinet reshuffle has raised concerns that Chancellor Rachel Reeves could be sidelined.—
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CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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But only a small percentage of people who used The Browser Company’s Arc adopted the program’s special features.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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The pair have since married and adopted twin children.—
Mikelle Street,
Them.,
4 Sep. 2025
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However, Edgell has since embraced baking full time, according to the outlet.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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As the Internet, and now AI, enabled increased firms’ capabilities, and customers acquired more power in the marketplace, the most successful firms were those that embraced startingly different principles.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Older adults who drank nitrate-rich beetroot juice had fewer mouth bacteria called Prevotella, which is linked to inflammation, and more helpful bacteria like Neisseria.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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And last season, the pair drank a whole lot of that tasty tea with the help of Corbin.—
Emma Moon,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Aug. 2025
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The rapper and actor, 67, hosts the new A&E documentary Fame and Fentanyl, which sheds light on the devastating toll fentanyl has taken on modern-day America.—
Lizzie Hyman,
People.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic, signed from Chelsea, has since taken on the No 1 shirt following Neto’s exit to Botafogo.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Taken up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taken%20up. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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