taken down

past participle of take down
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Recent Examples of taken down All 14 tour dates listed are now marked as canceled on Ticketmaster, and the tour’s official website has been taken down. Sophie Ziedalski, NBC news, 31 July 2026 Some of the women who say naked pictures of them were released in the documents have gone to court to get those records taken down. Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 31 July 2026 The link, taken down and described by team spokespeople as a mistake, sent speculation through the roof that LeBron and Riley would work together again. David Aldridge, New York Times, 25 July 2026 Two accounts that posted such pick-up videos have already been taken down, Meta confirmed to the outlet. Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026 The impact, and possibly his movement by deputies after he was taken down, left him paralyzed from the neck down. Trevor Morgan, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 One of the safety tools that has been taken down is known as the Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool, or PBCAT. Joel Rose, NPR, 23 July 2026 The marker has since been vandalized and was taken down to be restored, making the James Baldwin quote at the sign’s base all the more pertinent. Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026 The blue sign at the entrance that read ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ had been taken down. Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken down
Verb
  • Online Israel critics, whose numbers multiplied throughout 2026, humiliated Stevens.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The moment is a deliberate callback to the premiere, when Max seized a microphone at a fundraiser and humiliated Anna in public.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • The base fire department referred inquiries to the MCAS public affairs office, which had no updates on the size of the blaze or when it was knocked down.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 31 July 2026
  • In Long Beach, Marine Safety Battalion Chief Cameron Abel said that teams began working Wednesday morning to fortify their berm and reposition a wall of plywood, as both were knocked down by surf overnight.
    Lesley Marin, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • The shifts, noted the release, will allow for the addition of more than 20 spaces for new vendors.
    Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Goff noted that Kansas had a large pool of candidates for the position, including several individuals from pro sports franchises.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 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
  • Embraced by a number of celebrities since its debut, the silhouette might present a bit of an optical illusion upon first glance, appearing as if two sides of the pump are disconnected in the front.
    Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
  • In her experience, disengagement is usually the result of people feeling unheard, undervalued or disconnected from the purpose behind their work.
    Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • An organization that keeps its unchangeable problem written down somewhere visible has not solved it.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • That’s enough to call it preexisting, whether or not it was written down anywhere.
    Sharon Wu, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • As a result, the hotel rooms themselves will likely be confined to the podium and the Howland building at the base, rather than inside the column of the Tower itself, unless an extraordinary amount of money is sunk into the project.
    David Szondy August 01, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The Kospi index had sunk more than 17% in the previous three days as investors dumped technology stocks in part over worries about an AI bubble and rising competition from chipmaking and AI rivals in China.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • When broken down by generation, Gen Xers are the least financially prepared generation for retirement by nearly every measure.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 26 July 2026
  • The incentive would be broken down into four installments of $2,500 to be paid quarterly in 2027.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026

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“Taken down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taken%20down. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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