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noun

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Recent Examples of take over
Verb
The couple took over her father’s pro shop business in 2011 and expanded it to 12 locations, called Parkin’s Bowling Supply. Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 6 June 2025 This season, all was fun and games until my expectations took over. Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
Noun
Meanwhile, Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the operation could lead to a complete takeover of the territory. Sarah-Grace Mankarious, CNN Money, 31 May 2025 Ultimately, however, the union won its contract. 1995: In the largest takeover of its kind, federal housing officials took control of the Chicago Housing Authority four days after its chairman, Vince Lane, and the CHA board resigned under a cloud of mismanagement. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for take over
Recent Examples of Synonyms for take over
Verb
  • Here are the best ones: Ultra-Short-Term ETFs: 9 Best Buys These funds hold short-term bonds and bills and can substitute for a money-market fund.
    William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • The best summer wreaths are a warm-weather update on traditionally festive decor, substituting holly and pine for colorful flowers and lush greenery.
    Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 20 May 2025
Verb
  • Furthermore, House Ways and Means committee staff verified to CNN that stocks would be accepted as donations in this proposal.
    Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
  • Ryan Bos, who has been executive director of DC’s Capital Pride Alliance since 2011, was thrilled when the group’s bid to host WorldPride was accepted in 2022.
    Susan Miller, USA Today, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • This harmonious and uplifting transit encourages you to take bold steps toward your desires and seize opportunities that come your way.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 3 June 2025
  • Search warrants would be conducted from June 2-6 in Lagos, Portugal, and any evidence seized is set to be handed over to Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), Reuters reported, citing Portuguese police.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Rights group questions Israel’s seizure The Madleen set sail from Sicily a week ago.
    Yesica Fisch, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
  • The matter eventually landed in the U.S. Supreme Court (Springer v. U.S.), with Springer claiming that the tax was a direct tax and therefore unconstitutional, and that the seizure and sale of his property deprived him of his property without due process of law.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Verb
  • As the judge imposed a four-year prison sentence, the former footballer standing in the dock bowed his head.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 6 June 2025
  • The new play now at A Red Orchid Theatre is about the existential angst that flows from an acting role only a Soviet apparatchik could truly love: standing in for a murderous dictator with myriad enemies.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
Verb
  • Sponsors may assume their site partners are ready, only to discover costly delays during study startup.
    Sonali Bloom, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • For present purposes, the Court can assume (as seems likely) that Congress intended to preclude the President (or any subordinate officials acting at his direction) from directing, supervising, or controlling the Corporation.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 8 June 2025
Verb
  • Nearly the entire Republican Party, which occupied about seventy percent of congressional seats, voted for it.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
  • In a space formerly occupied by the finance ministry, a towering glass ceiling shelters statues that once cavorted in open courtyards.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Instead, the cuts must be codified through either the normal appropriations process or through the passage of a separate rescissions bill.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2025
  • The denial of a budget appropriation request related to salaries and staffing expenses is at the heart of a lawsuit filed by Sheriff Jaime FitzSimons in district court against the Summit Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday, June 10.
    The Summit Daily, Denver Post, 11 June 2025

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