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Throughout the critical holiday season of November and December, the National Retail Federation predicts retail takings will total between $942.6 to $960.4 billion, a 6% to 8% increase over last year.
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Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
As a result, many players — not just Bonds, Sosa and McGwire — cheated by takings these drugs.
—Fred Bowen, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
Hostage takings are becoming more common in heavily armed Lebanon as citizens whose savings are frozen by banks say they are left with no option to retrieve their funds.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 16 Sep. 2022
The lawsuit asserts that the law violates the Second Amendment and the takings clause under the Fifth Amendment, and the due process clause under the Fourteenth Amendment.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022
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Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
As a result, many players — not just Bonds, Sosa and McGwire — cheated by takings these drugs.
—Fred Bowen, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
Hostage takings are becoming more common in heavily armed Lebanon as citizens whose savings are frozen by banks say they are left with no option to retrieve their funds.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 16 Sep. 2022
The lawsuit asserts that the law violates the Second Amendment and the takings clause under the Fifth Amendment, and the due process clause under the Fourteenth Amendment.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for takings
earnings
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Alphabet, Amazon and Apple are set to report earnings after the bell Thursday and all eyes will be scrutinizing the results to see how those challenges affected the crucial December quarter.—
Nicole Goodkind,
CNN,
2 Feb. 2023
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The three tech giants, the Detroit auto maker and the energy behemoth are among companies set to report earnings Thursday.—
Josh Mitchell,
WSJ,
2 Feb. 2023
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“Takings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/takings. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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