take up

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Recent Examples on the Web The presidential election, between Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican nominee former President Donald Trump, has taken up much of the oxygen of the general election cycle. Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024 Parents can take time away to pick up children from daycare, what might have been an office coffee break previously becomes laundry sorting time, or commuting time is taken up with a 5k run instead of sitting in traffic. David Morel, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a long-running redistricting dispute in Louisiana that could determine whether the state maintains a congressional map that includes two majority-Black districts after the 2024 election. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024 While goals such as playing golf or visiting your children may take up a few days, ask yourself what the whole 365 days of a year in retirement will look like, Jamie Hopkins, chief wealth officer at WSFS Bank, tells Benz. Lorie Konish, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for take up 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for take up
Verb
  • News on the luxury grapevine lifted shares of Burberry and EssilorLuxottica yesterday amid speculation that two major industry deals are underway.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Palantir’s revenue grew 30% on a year-over-year basis and the company lifted its forecast for the full year.
    Brian Evans, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Madrid: Bar And Restaurant Mecca This year’s glitzy gala was held in Madrid–a city famed for its exciting food and drink culture and superb nightlife–bringing bartenders, cocktail aficionados and drinks media in their thousands to the Spanish capital.
    Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Ten times as many people, meanwhile, reported drinking alcohol daily or almost daily.
    Marin Cogan, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • This is a separate program from PreCheck and borrows the fastpass idea from the amusement park world, allowing travelers to book their time slot in the security line.
    Brittany Anas, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Musicians borrow from the antecedents of people who have created and struggled, and that’s just being fed into new genres and reinterpreted into new ways of listening and enjoying music.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Loading your audio article California air quality regulators late Friday approved a plan to strengthen limits on the planet-warming emissions from gasoline and diesel fuels, a move expected to raise gas prices while bringing public health benefits.
    Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • The company has established an at-the-market equity program to sell up to US$250 million of common shares, raising gross proceeds of $138,476,000 during the six months ended September 30, 2024.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Malabsorption: Conditions like celiac disease, Crohn's disease, or other gastrointestinal conditions can impair your body's ability to absorb iron—even if dietary intake is sufficient.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In reality, theses tariffs function as a tax paid by U.S. importers, which inevitably trickles down to consumers through higher prices, partly because the tariffs would be too large for retailers to absorb.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Those articles helped spur the court to adopt its first-ever code of conduct and received a Pulitzer Prize.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 7 Nov. 2024
  • An opportunity to adopt a healthier lifestyle or choose home improvements that add to your convenience is apparent.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Being elevated adds a layer of comfort and peace of mind – no worrying about uneven terrain, muddy ground or things creeping in during the night.
    Fergus Scholes, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The moment means that Penn has been elevated to president, and her staffers run to protect her.
    Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • The show was also intentional about embracing younger artists blazing new trails in the industry — from a medley with up-and-coming urban artists Eladio Carrión, Quevedo, Myke Towers, to a Spanglish performance by Joe Jonas and Ela Taubert, who is nominated for best new artist.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • As its ten-season run wore on, the show would more openly embrace comic book characters and ideas, becoming a bit of a self-parody in its efforts to put off Clark’s transformation into Superman, which would only happen in the show’s final moments.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024

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