taken on

verb

Definition of taken onnext
past participle of take on
1
as in faced
to enter into contest or conflict with will take on his chief opponent in the next political debate

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2
as in placed
to provide with a paying job decided to take her on as store manager

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3
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 Synonyms for taken on
  1. faced
  2. placed
  3. borrowed
  4. hired
  5. adopted
  6. engaged
  7. encountered
  8. employed
Verb
  • However, the deal has faced stiff bipartisan political opposition since the day it was announced.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Canada's troubled Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, faced growing calls to resign last week after his Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Director, Chrystia Freeland, resigned over disagreements about government spending.
    Daniel Markind, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of faced
Verb
  • Best Carry-on Backpacks There's perhaps no more plane-friendly bag than a backpack, which is easily carried, easily taken off, easily placed under a seat, and easily packed with all your belongings.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Two stents were placed inside the artery as part of a medical procedure that is common for people with severe heart disease.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of placed
Verb
  • Three years later, Stack borrowed another $60 million from GE Capital, this time to buy out his investors.
    Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The brothers learned as teenagers that their father had borrowed money through a federal program to drill for wells, and wound up $4 million in debt, including interest, when the wells failed, with the land pledged as collateral.
    Amy Feldman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of borrowed
Verb
  • All will be hired locally with an average salary of more than $91,000.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 24 Dec. 2024
  • As the executive producer of the in-the-round Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, Walker built the largest theater subscription base in the country, hired countless Chicago actors and took many a busload of seniors back to the songs of their youth.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of hired
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  • Several more jurisdictions have adopted the GLOBE rules and domestic minimum top-up taxes that are intended to be in line with the GLOBE rules.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • With details being finalized and legislation being adopted, a lot has been happening.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of adopted
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  • The Young and the Restless star Conner Floyd is engaged!
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The Love Is Blind star, 30, recently got engaged to Alexander Lewis.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of engaged
Verb
  • Tribune readers first encountered him in the mid-1980s when his name began to appear in this paper’s Travel section.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Netflix, however, encountered technical issues that resulted in buffering during the match.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of encountered
Verb
  • This meta action comedy is showrunner Charles Yu's adaption of his own 2020 satirical novel of the same name, which employed the screenplay format as a narrative structure.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Nearly 150,000 individuals without legal status are employed in Maryland, according to a 2019 report by the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington.
    Mennatalla Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 24 Dec. 2024
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