taken down

past participle of take down
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Recent Examples of taken down The Panthers have taken down Aledo, Southlake Carroll, Humble Summer Creek and Duncanville – that’s one stellar resume one month into the season. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2026 After an earthquake, the clouds had been taken down for analysis and then determined unsafe for reinstallation due to structural defects. — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 The ads shifted between multiple software lures as domains were taken down or abandoned. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Prosecutors said the list created a fact-checking backlog, allowing viral content to be seen by millions of users before being taken down. — Mikella Schuettler, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 In recent weeks, all but eight clients identified by CBS News have either taken down their retatrutide products or now list them as unavailable. — Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 Whether or not a loan occurred, the tapestry would be taken down, and that, in turn, would require some thought. — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026 Before it was taken down, the shadowy dark web service called Nexus allowed virtually anybody to peruse identity documents of over 170 million people in the US and Canada. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026 The video was taken down a day later following the backlash over the ad. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken down
Verb
  • But the Saudis, humiliated by their losses in Yemen, seem likely to lash out.
    — Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • When she and the other part-time employees were told their positions were being eliminated, Valcarcel said she felt humiliated and disrespected.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Young was knocked down when pitcher Nolan McLean struck him on the head with a knee when the two converged for Justin Crawford's slow grounder in the sixth.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • This this Invictus community of people who get knocked down but keep getting back up.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit assisting in government worker recruitment, noted in a report released last month many agencies have or are looking to backfill more than 20,000 roles left vacant from the program.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The jury noted the film, which had its world premiere at Oldenburg, was made without a budget and praised the resourcefulness that constraint produced, comparing its tone to the irreverence of 1990s comedies.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • He's race-baiting to appease the people who shamed him for his previous juvenile lifestyle, while quietly surrounding himself with mostly white men.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Amid the jubilation, there is a darker side to the liberation as woman who fraternized with German soldiers are tracked down and publicly shamed.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Raimer Rodriguez, a 36-year-old Cuban immigrant, said he was beaten after detainees protested phones being disconnected on April 2.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
  • After learning that passengers had self-evacuated, Metro-North Railroad disconnected the third rail and suspended train service to the Lower Level of Grand Central, the MTA said in its release.
    — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • They were first written down in the mid-19th century, and have been central to the study of fluid mechanics ever since.
    — Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
  • When processes aren’t written down, new hires take longer to get up to speed, and mistakes are more likely.
    — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Trump, whose polling marks on that key issue have sunk to new lows, has even more of an incentive to emerge from the summit with Xi touting some form of economic deal.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
  • On the economy, in particular, public opinion has soured; a recent consumer sentiment report showed that even Republicans’ view of the economy has sunk.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Developed by two separate teams of chemists, one adhesive is four times stronger than the commercial adhesives used in duct tape, yet can be broken down in minutes with mildly alkaline water.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Here's a look at several of the shakeups at local stations in 2026, broken down by arrivals and departures.
    — Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2026

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“Taken down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taken%20down. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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