uptake

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Recent Examples of uptake After a patchy and inconsistent initial uptake beginning in 1918, the transportation industry successfully lobbied for uniform implementation in 1966. William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025 Nematodes are thread-like microscopic organisms, some species of which create root galls that prevent water uptake and cause wilting of vegetable crops such as tomato, potato, cucumber, carrot, onion, and many others. Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2025 There is also concern that material innovators won’t be able to hit commercial scale—and stay there—without regulatory support that provides both carrots and sticks to encourage uptake because of potential issues with pricing, performance and supply chain integration. Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 6 Mar. 2025 The agreement with Eion includes new soil sampling research, which is helped along by olivine's relatively fast CO2 uptake when spread on fields. Ben Geman, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for uptake
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Noun
  • Vitamin C supports iron absorption, immunity, and wound healing and reduces chronic disease risk.
    Sara Hoffman, PharmD, Verywell Health, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Reebok Walk Ultra 7 DMX Max Shoe Not only are these leather Reebok sneakers trendy and versatile, but their memory foam insoles provide cushioning and shock absorption, which medical professionals appreciate for long shifts.
    Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • With 5 probiotics, 13 digestive enzymes, pomegranate, and herbs, this powerful capsule tackles digestion from a 360-degree approach.
    Brianna Peters, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Comparing sauerkraut with cabbage, the study authors showed that sauerkraut has more metabolites — the products produced during metabolic processes like digestion, including those that are linked to a healthy gut, like lactic and amino acids — than cabbage.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile Hussein, desperate to prove himself as an unthreatening American, goes all-in on assimilation.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
  • After kids make fun of her eyes and mock her lunch, Joan sees assimilation as her only path to survival.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Dragonfly, if successful, could revolutionize our understanding of how life might arise elsewhere in the solar system.
    Andrew Jones, Space.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Rather, given Cascadian ecology—the primary focus of Carr’s images—understandings of her imaginative creations might also be constructed irrespective of nation: an artist seen primarily in relation to her place, itself her subject.
    Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 26 Apr. 2025

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“Uptake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uptake. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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