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noun

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Recent Examples of take over
Verb
Then, in the 1950s, Italian company Gavina took over production of the chair and renamed it after Breuer’s daughter, Francesca. Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2025 Luckily, there are ways to keep the pollen from taking over your life. Andrea Muraskin, NPR, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
The food delivery industry is rife with takeovers of regional businesses, with DoorDash acquiring Finland’s Wolt in 2021 and Deliveroo recently selling parts of its Hong Kong business to Delivery Hero earlier this year. Jenni Reid, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2025 The facility on the banks of the River Mersey is one of the few positives to emerge from the previous ownership’s stewardship of the club prior to the Friedkin takeover, though the club and the fans will miss its historic current stadium, Goodison Park. James Nalton, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for take over
Recent Examples of Synonyms for take over
Verb
  • Economists note that tariffs can help nurture emerging industries and create manufacturing jobs in sectors where consumers can easily substitute a cheaper domestic product for a higher cost foreign one.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
  • On both occasions, the absence of Tarkowski and experienced holding midfielder Idrissa Gueye, substituted on 79 minutes due to cramp, was conspicuous.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Ja-young not only realizes what’s going on but accepts her grandson’s decision, becoming a reluctant ally in the charade.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2025
  • About 20 Americans will be accepted into the program to begin in June.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Fifty years ago this week Communist forces seized the city of Saigon bringing an end to the Vietnam war.
    Greg Dixon, NPR, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Officials seized less than 50 pounds of fentanyl along the U.S. northern border in the 2024 fiscal year, according to the AP, citing U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) data.
    Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The weapons cause respiratory seizures, vomiting, burning sensations and other debilitating symptoms.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Negative symptoms may include irritability, confusion, hallucinations, seizures, sleepiness, breathing problems, heart attacks, kidney failure and muscle damage, according to the CDC.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • That stands in stark contrast to the current stalemate between the city and the Angels over the future of Angel Stadium.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Ellie Kenny, a holidaymaker inside Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado airport, said hundreds of people were stood in the dark in lines, with no air conditioning or running water.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Many professionals enter the tech space assuming their success in structured environments will seamlessly translate into building and scaling a startup, guaranteed.
    Lola Eniolorunda, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • There’s a lot of reason to like these odds as Raphinha is averaging 3.68 shots per 90 minutes on the year, 0.15 xG per shot (well above average), and will likely assume penalty duties in the absence of Lewandowski.
    Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Amad’s second goal of the game comes from one such situation, with Antony occupying Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • That proposal would see Moscow de facto control parts of the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Donetsk regions that Russia occupies but does not fully control.
    Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • However, many present-day critics classify her adventures and recordings as cultural appropriation.
    Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Spending more and inking multiyear appropriations can help overcome these challenges.
    MICHAEL BROWN, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Take over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take%20over. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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