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as in to employ
to provide with a paying job
decided to take her on as store manager
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as in to borrow
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 take on
Asparagus Recipe Asparagus Is Far From Boring As spring sets in, there is no better time to enjoy asparagus, and our cheesy take on the vegetable will make even the pickiest of eaters go for seconds.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
And as an oldest child, Abdi took on a lot of responsibility for her younger siblings’ care, while also heeding her parents encouragement to focus on school, school, school.
—Courtney Crowder, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
But absurd took on a new meaning with Becky after a tragic car accident 30 years ago that killed her 2-year-old son, Christopher.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
However, the film also remains firmly rooted in the question of what is motivating them to take on this task.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
And as an oldest child, Abdi took on a lot of responsibility for her younger siblings’ care, while also heeding her parents encouragement to focus on school, school, school.
—Courtney Crowder, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
But absurd took on a new meaning with Becky after a tragic car accident 30 years ago that killed her 2-year-old son, Christopher.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
However, the film also remains firmly rooted in the question of what is motivating them to take on this task.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
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Deadline has learned the Academy’s board of governors is meeting in extraordinary session this morning to confront a deepening crisis over its response to the beating and detention of Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, one of the directors of No Other Land.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
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The policy was met with public outcry and condemnation from pediatric associations, faith leaders, and even members of Trump’s party.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Professors of cultural studies, or history, or the arts, have long seen themselves as critics of institutions, including the universities that employ them.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
30 Mar. 2025
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Although given the opportunity, no one employed by Memorial spoke out at the board meeting to voice concerns.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Mar. 2025
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For Max, the entire situation is — to borrow an acronym oft-used by American GIs during World War II — FUBAR.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Ahmad borrowed money for a $1,300 Pakistani visa so the State Department’s Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts, or CARE, team could evacuate him to Islamabad in May 2023.—
Beth Bailey,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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The big picture: Watson's conviction sent shockwaves through the digital media industry, which for years faced pressure from venture investments to grow quickly online.—
Sara Fischer,
Axios,
29 Mar. 2025
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But like most things politics these days, the effort — despite the bipartisan support — is facing some hurdles.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
29 Mar. 2025
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Maryland will hire a new athletic director, and that person will have the chance to decide what kind of department the state’s flagship university should have.—
Childs Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2025
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But the new law does not designate any money to immediately hire more investigators to probe potential problems.—
Jessica Schreifels,
ProPublica,
27 Mar. 2025
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On May 23, 2022, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to declare March 1 as World Seagrass Day.—
Ian Urbina,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Then, in 1996, a group of virtuosos from its heyday adopted the name for themselves and for their Grammy-winning album.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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After college, the Florida native encountered her first hurdle at the gates of medical schools.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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In 2003, a German graduate student named Britta Späth encountered the McKay conjecture, one of the biggest open problems in the mathematical realm known as group theory.—
Leila Sloman,
WIRED,
23 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps they were recruited from Trump’s central casting of the mind.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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Schwartz had recruited Dyer to drive him to and from the dentist's office.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
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