How to Use takeover in a Sentence

takeover

1 of 2 noun

• The government experienced a military takeover in 2002.
• Their top five attack categories: fake accounts, account takeovers, scraping, account management, and in-product abuse.
  — Bynick Rockel, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
• After the takeover, Fleming invested several million dollars to give the stores a major face lift and launch a new image campaign.
  — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
• Videos purported to show armed takeovers at metro stops, universities, hospitals and other key facilities across the country.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
• Some analysts also raised the possibility that UBS would face litigation tied to the takeover.
  — Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023
• The Taylor Swift takeover is in full swing on the U.K. chart blast.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2023
• Here’s video of the street takeover in NoDa last night.
  — Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2024
• Some have claimed the takeover was due to the bank’s crypto business.
  — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 21 Mar. 2023
• Twitter was in the midst of a hostile Elon Musk takeover.
  — WIRED, 3 Aug. 2023
• Trump effected a takeover of the RNC just a few months ago.
  — Frank Donatelli, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024
• Studies have shown that hate speech and spam have shot up since Musk's takeover.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2023
• The state takeover of Shelby Park comes over the objections of the city of Eagle Pass, which owns the land.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2024
• Not even the fruit world can resist the Barbiecore takeover.
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2023
• This year the brand partnered with Galaxy Macau for its first pool takeover there in May.
  — Luis Campuzano, WWD, 21 June 2024
• But the compostable-packaging takeover has been tough to miss.
  — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 6 July 2023
• There was even a 270-foot dragon takeover on top of the Empire State Building.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 July 2024
• Barbie’s most obvious takeover is seen in the toy aisle.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 10 Aug. 2023
• He was allegedly spotted near the Otay Mesa takeover and pulled over a few blocks away around 1:50 a.m.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2024
• And the iron gates had been removed, and the reason they'd been removed was Kam Tin was the site of a rebellion against the British takeover in 1898.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2023
• State police responded to the report of a street takeover in Bethany over the weekend.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024
• Irwin had taken over the job from Yoel Roth, who resigned in the weeks after Musk’s takeover.
  — Clare Duffy, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
• The women who were studying before [the takeover] never came back.
  — Riazat Butt, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
• Here are the sectors most likely weather a robot takeover—and those that won’t.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
• Both currently sit in the 40s, and as the Taylor Swift takeover clears out a bit in the coming week, there should be ample room to grow.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 7 May 2024
• The county is not the first government agency to take action against street takeovers.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
• But the takeover of Hamilton Hall was a marked escalation.
  — Sharon Otterman, New York Times, 8 May 2024
• Lemon went on to ask about research showing hate speech had increased on X since Musk’s takeover.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2024
• The department mapped out where the street takeovers are likely to take place and installed rubber speed bumps.
  — Martin Kaste, NPR, 26 June 2024
• Two rounds of voting later, with fears of a far-right takeover temporarily allayed — though with the fractious new parliament showing little sign of stability — the 65-year-old mayor finally made good on her promise.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 25 July 2024
• And finally, the authors approach the subject of a Medicare takeover of Novo Nordisk with a relatively narrow economic lens, bypassing any consideration of non-pharmaceutical interventions or even other drug treatment options.
  — Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 3 Aug. 2024

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take over

2 of 2 verb

• I'll take over for her until she gets back from her morning break.
• For a long time, the gym bros took over the weight room.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 20 May 2024
• The test driver took over, but the truck still hit the deer.
  — Trisha Thadani, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
• No one else wanted to be there, so the artists took over.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Bulgari states that the necklace took over 2,800 hours to make.
  — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
• The brand is poised to take over Bucherer, which has more than 100 stores worldwide.
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2023
• Naoum hand-painted the entire game, a process that took over 2,000 hours.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
• The renovation is the work of the Barceló Hotel Group, who took over the derelict building in 2021.
  — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
• In 2023, instead of a fresh pant width or rise length, denim skirts took over the streets.
  — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2023
• On Tuesday, the heat will again move into the West with a heat dome taking over the Southwest.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 10 June 2024
• Once the weather starts to warm up, expect to see barely-there shorts and hot pants take over.
  — Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
• Crew is to take over on July 1, the company said in a statement.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 28 Mar. 2023
• It’s the second takeaway for the Patriots, who take over at their own 37.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Jan. 2023
• The Lakers’ dished out a season-best 38 assists, James taking over as the point guard in the lineup switch.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2023
• Freeze said Kaufman would take over Scott’s spot as the nickel corner.
  — Matt Cohen | [e-mail], al, 18 Sep. 2023
• At some point, his son Robert H. Berry took over the family business.
  — Graham Womack, Sacramento Bee, 20 July 2024
• This could happen as brands and businesses take over from the creators.
  — Adam Rumanek, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
• It’s got a spacious, comfortable clubhouse the A’s took over after the Raiders left.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
• His son, Walter, who goes by the nickname J.R., has worked at the nightclub for more than 30 years, and has long been trained to take over the business.
  — oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2023
• Bautista has since taken over the kitchen at The Fishery in Pacific Beach.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
• Irwin had taken over the job from Yoel Roth, who resigned in the weeks after Musk’s takeover.
  — Clare Duffy, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
• From there, that was couched with the fact that Paul was a billionaire looking to take over Alex’s company.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024
• In his thirties, Privat and his soon-to-be wife, Jane, took over a dusty restaurant at the seaside near Narbonne.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
• That’s right, Illinois State is set to take over as the host for all eight state championship games in November.
  — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2023
• Through a mutual friend, Ashley reluctantly agreed to look at the script, liked it, and agreed to come in and take over the show.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2023
• If this fits you, consider these questions: --Has your job taken over too much of your life?
  — Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2023
• But the problem isn’t as simple as finding someone to take over the management of a shop.
  — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
• In June, Chad Alexander took over management and changed the concept and branding to Bijou.
  — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
• But for Bear Rinehart, lead singer of rock act Needtobreathe, that journey took over two decades.
  — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2023
• My grandma more or less took over my mother’s role, because my mother was really too young.
  — Mathias Döpfner, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Sep 2024