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as in employed
to provide with a paying job
decided to take her on as store manager
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as in borrowed
to take for one's own use (something originated by another)
recently arrived immigrants who are eager to take on the language and culture of their adopted homeland
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Recent Examples of took on
Ament didn’t quite reach his offensive potential at Tennessee, but this is not dissimilar to the gamble the Bucks once took on a young Antetokounmpo.
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Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
The pictures Cooley took on Ragusa’s property were of rows of pink and purple native flowers and sunflowers set amid city lights and a dreamy sunset.
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Marah Eakin,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Influencer Gabriela Moura made her World Cup debut on Saturday as her home country of Brazil took on Morocco.
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Sean Joseph Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
The grand property later took on a radically different role as the state-of-the-art St George's Hospital, rebuilt in 1825 by architect William Wilkins, the mind behind London’s National Gallery.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2026
As heir to the throne, Elizabeth ultimately took on a role she wasn't born for.
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Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 June 2026
Remaining crew members then took on supplies and set course for the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, the ship’s operator Oceanwide Expeditions said.
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ABC News,
12 May 2026
Caro had joined Warners in April 2024, and took on his previous post in January 2025 after Alberto Carullo, then VP of Productions for Italy and Iberia at what was then Max, left WBD to join Mediaset.
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Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
The nearby business Pallet Rack KC also took on some water on part of its property.
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Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
The pictures Cooley took on Ragusa’s property were of rows of pink and purple native flowers and sunflowers set amid city lights and a dreamy sunset.
—
Marah Eakin,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Influencer Gabriela Moura made her World Cup debut on Saturday as her home country of Brazil took on Morocco.
—
Sean Joseph Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
The grand property later took on a radically different role as the state-of-the-art St George's Hospital, rebuilt in 1825 by architect William Wilkins, the mind behind London’s National Gallery.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2026
As heir to the throne, Elizabeth ultimately took on a role she wasn't born for.
—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 June 2026
Remaining crew members then took on supplies and set course for the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, the ship’s operator Oceanwide Expeditions said.
—
ABC News,
12 May 2026
Caro had joined Warners in April 2024, and took on his previous post in January 2025 after Alberto Carullo, then VP of Productions for Italy and Iberia at what was then Max, left WBD to join Mediaset.
—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
The nearby business Pallet Rack KC also took on some water on part of its property.
—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for took on
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Boyd, a fourth-generation farmer and longtime civil rights advocate, said generations of Black farmers have faced barriers accessing government loans and agricultural assistance programs.
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During the 2024 school board elections, 27 of 47 prospective candidates faced objections, many of them from CTU, and more than a dozen were ultimately knocked off the ballot.
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Nearly a year after that settlement, Miller is still employed by the carrier, now in video production on its global communications team.
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The agency employed 74,000 people at the beginning of the 2026 tax-filing season, a 27% reduction from the 102,000 employees a year earlier, Collins wrote.
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But that was little comfort to tech investors, who are concerned that short-term inflation will increase the debt burden of mega-cap companies that have borrowed large amounts of money to fund their artificial intelligence infrastructure.
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When confronted about their pollution, industry executives often have blamed consumers, using tactics borrowed from and shared with Big Tobacco, according to a Chicago Tribune review of thousands of government, scientific and internal industry documents.
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Rob Pelinka, the Lakers’ president of basketball operations, met Carr at the facility on Friday but didn’t speak with the media during the news conference.
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Abbott’s camp made its presence known in Corpus Christi as Democrats met Friday, with the help of a bovine and by handing out breakfast tacos.
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The Kings hired Peter Laviolette as their head coach earlier this month, and Clarke’s offensive skill fits well into the team’s possible evolution away from its traditional defense-first mentality to a more aggressive club under Laviolette.
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After serving in the Army during World War II and performing in the Borscht Belt, Sid Caesar hired him as a writer.
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Reiner also adopted Tracy Reiner, 61, the daughter of his first wife, the late actress and filmmaker Penny Marshall.
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Born in China, she was adopted to the Bay Area and graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Film Studies.
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Elsewhere, drivers encountered a very different kind of mess when a tractor-trailer hauling 40,000 pounds of extra-firm tofu crashed off a highway into a ravine in Missouri in March, The New York Times reported.
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The Pew Research Center found that Google users who encountered an AI summary in response to their search term clicked on a link in the search results 8% of the time, compared to 15% of the time when no AI summary was offered.
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With Davis’ contract experience, Schein recruited him at CBS.
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In early 2011, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency recruited him to manage its cyberwarfare initiatives.
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