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Recent Examples of uptake
In many countries, electricity still carries higher taxes and charges than fossil fuels, slowing the uptake of electric vehicles, heat pumps and industrial electrification.
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María Mendiluce, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Regular watering also aids nutrient uptake, prevents water stress that can stall development, and results in a bigger harvest.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 23 May 2026
Global supplies are dwindling, while countries across the world are accelerating their push to cut back on fossil fuel consumption, whether by greening their grids or incentivizing EV uptake.
—Semafor Events, semafor.com, 22 May 2026
Institutional uptake is still uneven, banks are cautious and competing payment rails are evolving quickly.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 19 May 2026
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María Mendiluce, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Regular watering also aids nutrient uptake, prevents water stress that can stall development, and results in a bigger harvest.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 23 May 2026
Global supplies are dwindling, while countries across the world are accelerating their push to cut back on fossil fuel consumption, whether by greening their grids or incentivizing EV uptake.
—Semafor Events, semafor.com, 22 May 2026
Institutional uptake is still uneven, banks are cautious and competing payment rails are evolving quickly.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uptake
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By six days post-excision, the tissues saw a significant spike in the absorption of dissolved amino acids.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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Orange juice, for example, can contain as much sugar as some sodas, but without the fiber from whole fruit that helps slow glucose absorption.—
Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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This increases alertness, boosts available energy and temporarily downshifts nonessential functions like digestion.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
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Aids digestion and assimulation, cures dyspepsia, cures neuralgia and sick headache, invigorates the brain and nervous system.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
29 May 2026
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How much of the story is meant to address the general struggle of immigration and cultural assimilation, and how much is just a specific narrative about a specific man?—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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But although resistance is similarly futile, their goals are less about assimilation than worshipping the obsessive Grant's wife, Starla (Elizabeth Banks).—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
1 May 2026
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said today that Washington and Tehran are still in contact but a memorandum of understanding between the two nations has not yet been finalized.—
Alayna Treene,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Also flying is the Lunar Trailblazer, a mission selected under NASA’s Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program, a small satellite designed to provide an understanding of the form, abundance, and distribution of water on the moon, as well as the lunar water cycle.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2026
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“Uptake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uptake. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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