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as in substituted
to serve as a replacement usually for a time only
I'll take over for her until she gets back from her morning break
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as in accepted
to take to or upon oneself
took over the responsibility of caring for the animals
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as in seized
to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right
students protesting the war took over the college's radio station
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Recent Examples of took over
Curry and Green took over from there.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
State police later took over the investigation at the direction of the Stamford State’s Attorney’s Office.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
That film also examined labor relations in the context of a Chinese auto glass manufacturer that took over a moribund GM plant in Ohio.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
Tandon took over the business 19 years ago and brought Atiana’s Boutique to Connecticut with his first location at the Connecticut Post Mall.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
The Dutch captured the Portuguese fort in 1605, took over the spice trade, and in 1623 destroyed a British settlement in the Amboina Massacre.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
In jail, Turner took over 400 classes and was working on himself.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
Spearheading the journey is CEO Steve Cahillane, who took over at the beginning of 2026 after running Kellogg Company (and later Kellanova) for about eight years.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
To her, things really improved only when MacPherson and his partners took over the space and gave it a neo-bohemian lift.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 26 Mar. 2026
Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
State police later took over the investigation at the direction of the Stamford State’s Attorney’s Office.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
That film also examined labor relations in the context of a Chinese auto glass manufacturer that took over a moribund GM plant in Ohio.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
Tandon took over the business 19 years ago and brought Atiana’s Boutique to Connecticut with his first location at the Connecticut Post Mall.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
The Dutch captured the Portuguese fort in 1605, took over the spice trade, and in 1623 destroyed a British settlement in the Amboina Massacre.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
In jail, Turner took over 400 classes and was working on himself.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
Spearheading the journey is CEO Steve Cahillane, who took over at the beginning of 2026 after running Kellogg Company (and later Kellanova) for about eight years.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
To her, things really improved only when MacPherson and his partners took over the space and gave it a neo-bohemian lift.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for took over
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That means allied stockpiling of semiconductors and other critical inputs that cannot be quickly substituted.—
Eyck Freymann,
Time,
17 Apr. 2026
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White pepper can be substituted with black pepper.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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And when property rights are defined and broadly accepted, people are more likely to cooperate than to fight.—
Antony Davies,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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Williams and Whitehouse, though, have both said the tryout fees for Flight 88 will go directly toward uniform, travel and education costs, and that the program isn’t planning to charge any additional costs for athletes once accepted.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
18 Apr. 2026
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In October, the DEA Los Angeles Field Division found 628,000 pills containing carfentanil, while in September, officials seized more than 50,000 counterfeit M30 pills from a person at a gas station in Washington state that turned out to be a mixture of carfentanil and acetaminophen.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The West Metro Drug Task Force has arrested a man and seized a large quantity of drugs following a months-long investigation dating back to November.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
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In the promo poster for the show, all actors are facing the camera, while he alone is stood in the middle facing the opposite way.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2026
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Hegseth came out of his own service, in Iraq and Afghanistan, with the seeming conviction that what had stood in the way of a fuller victory in those wars had been the restraints supposedly placed on how soldiers could kill.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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As a reluctant child of the Ain’t it Cool News era, the Drafthouse had long assumed some kind of legendary status in my mind.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
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Investors have assumed that geopolitical tensions will eventually fade and markets will rebound.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The officer grabbed me and said 'you're arrested,' and just put me in handcuffs and drug and dragged me out.—
Mahsa Saeidi,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Much of the film feels like Cronin grabbed a bunch of different clothes off a rack at a clothing store only to end up wearing a bizarrely mismatched outfit that never really comes together.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2026
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Fast forward to the eighth inning when Willy Adames stepped in the box to face the Reds’ Connor Phillips.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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In the 1990s, as Eastern European countries emerged from communism, Americans stepped in to help build not only free markets, but also antitrust agencies that looked something like our DOJ Antitrust Division.—
Gail Slater,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2026
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In the Cape Ann League, seniors Finn Wright (six goals, assist) and Luke Wile (four goals, assist) shouldered the load offensively as Ipswich pulled away for an 18-5 win over Lynnfield.—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Jackson estate shouldered those extra costs because its error necessitated the changes, insiders say.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Took over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/took%20over. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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