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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
England will play indoors in Atlanta on Wednesday, before potentially taking on Mexico in Mexico City.
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Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
30 June 2026
The answer, to be reductive, is that Splatoon Raiders is Nintendo's take on a looter-shooter, a Splatoon version of Borderlands or Destiny.
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Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
30 June 2026
The other side of the bracket has already been determined, as the winner of Tuesday’s clash in Arlington will head to New York/New Jersey to take on Brazil.
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Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 June 2026
Channing Johnson Photography, Inc Fifty-four percent of low-income parents have taken on a second job or extra hours to keep food on the table.
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Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
30 June 2026
The answer, to be reductive, is that Splatoon Raiders is Nintendo's take on a looter-shooter, a Splatoon version of Borderlands or Destiny.
—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
30 June 2026
The other side of the bracket has already been determined, as the winner of Tuesday’s clash in Arlington will head to New York/New Jersey to take on Brazil.
—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 June 2026
Channing Johnson Photography, Inc Fifty-four percent of low-income parents have taken on a second job or extra hours to keep food on the table.
—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take on
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The pair met in English class on the first day of their freshman year.
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The platform is scalable and can be deployed to meet the power demands of AI data centers and even support the grid.
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Krystal McFeders, a Unified Government spokesperson, confirmed Friday night that Chism is employed by the government.
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Should economic growth threaten one of those aspects, the FOMC is employed to move in order to deliver its objectives.
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High bond yields make borrowing more expensive for average Americans, since 10-year Treasury rates influence the rates offered for a variety of loans, including mortgages.
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Other platforms like TikTok and Instagram similarly borrow the wrong lessons from the scandal, Cambridge Analytica said.
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But the court also said the people facing deportation must pursue their cases individually where they are being held, under what are called habeas petitions, rather than collectively, under what is called a class action.
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The University of California Health system and Cigna, facing a July 1 deadline to reach a new contract covering a large group of Sacramento-area patients, have agreed to an extension to allow more time for negotiations.
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The point of the Top 10 lists, Chandrasekaran said, is to steer young adults to employers that are actively hiring recent graduates into jobs that can seed meaningful careers.
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André Duvenhage, research director at South Africa’s North-West University, said migrants are often hired because employers see them as willing to work for lower wages and, as non-citizens, they are typically not protected by as many labor protections.
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The agency also adopted additional security measures, such as surrounding the president with bullet-resistant glass at outdoor events.
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Traditional studios might adopt Chinese models for some preproduction tasks such as concepting, but the geopolitical and intellectual property risks for commercial generations are too prohibitive.
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Each has plays — like a slow-roller up the third base line that requires a quick throw across the diamond — that no other position will encounter.
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The first time former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice encountered Kevin Warsh was in the 1980s.
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At that point, college programs weren’t lining up to recruit a 187-pound pass rusher who hadn’t played a down of high school football.
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There is a warning in all of this for the companies working hardest to recruit and retain young Black talent.
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“Take on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take%20on. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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