Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: taken up

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Usage examples:

A couple that have been homeless for more than a year and taken up residence in a park have shared how they keep their tent spotlessly clean despite their tough personal circumstances.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1783778/Homeless-couple-tent-the-dingle-porthill

After independence, the exploitation was then taken up by Congolese dictators and kleptocrats with help from the CIA.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-02-13/the-horrors-behind-the-mining-industry-that-powers-your-life

All four cases are due to be taken up by the courts in the first half of 2024, before the presidential election that Trump is expected to contest.

Source: http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2023/08/where-have-those-true-leaders-gone.html

A Singapore-based firm '1 Million Heroes' has taken up the responsibility to train women in relief camps across Manipur on how to crochet amigurumi dolls.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/they-are-crocheting-dolls-in-manipur-relief-camps-to-earn-a-living-4396817

As one of the seven members of the committee, this has taken up a significant amount of my time in Parliament.

Source: https://www.ayradvertiser.com/news/23426473.allan-dorans-mp-column-congratulations-new-first-minister/?ref=rss

A typical day would include working intensely in the morning on a knitting pattern and the rest of her time taken up with writing for her website Climate Revolution.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vivienne-westwood-fashion-death-obituary-b2261004.html

Because it’s such a small laptop, and so much of the interior is taken up by chips and coolers, it’s left with a small 56Wh battery inside.

Source: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2136809/asus-rog-flow-z13-2023-laptop-review.html

Boyce, who has put Weatherfield behind him and taken up a new role, has now posed unrecognisable to fans as he posed with long hair and a beard.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/itv-coronation-streets-stephen-actor-28028170

Businessman Nick Pezzente has taken up the banner to pull together a local version of the National Day of Prayer.

Source: https://www.claiborneprogress.net/2023/04/21/local-day-of-prayer-to-be-observed-at-tazewell-park/

By the time a victim is stabilized and taken up to an operating room, the surgical tools are already in place.

Source: https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/05/heres-what-happens-at-eirmc-if-you-are-a-trauma-patient/

Chess can take a long time but also making it would have taken up some of his downtime as well."

Source: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/antiques-roadshow-guest-wowed-valuation-27468792

Deka was of the view that if the project was taken up, a follow-up maintenance needed to be prepared for its proper growth which could generate livelihoods and benefit the ecosystem.

Source: https://theshillongtimes.com/2023/05/24/japan-delegation-sita-explore-ties-on-growth-opportunities/

Expressing his unhappiness over the Authority taking up road works in Mangaluru, Mr. Bhandary said no purpose is served with such works as they are taken up by Mangaluru Smart City Limited.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/coastal-development-authority-will-be-reconstituted-as-a-statutory-body-no-hike-in-grants-for-now-says-minister/article67031176.ece

Finding pitches is something new teams, which are often for girls, struggle with as time slots are already taken up.

Source: https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-girls-take-inspiration-lionesses-27546369

GP surgeries can take around 500 calls a day when they open at 8am as the appointments for the day are taken up in as little as 20 minutes, BirminghamLive reports.

Source: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/how-you-book-gp-appointments-26820715

Great swathes of are taken up by Ash battling skeletons and Deadites with a Medieval army, resulting in large-scale destruction rather than intimate terror.

Source: https://screenrant.com/evil-dead-movies-ranked-kill-count/

Greedy corporate businesses men and military troops have taken up antagonistic roles to the almost universally virtuous Na'avi in both films thus far, bar some notable exceptions such as Norm and Grace.

Source: https://screenrant.com/avatar-5-dystopian-earth-not-bleak-producer-response/

Having moved on from the NZOC in March, she has since taken up a position as transformational director for Cycling New Zealand and continues her role as vice-president of the Commonwealth Games Federation.

Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1132133/new-zealand-order-of-merit-kereyn-smith

Her case was taken up by Dr Rohan Khandelwal, lead consultant and HOD, The Breast Centre, CK Birla Hospital, Gurugram.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/health-wellness/40-year-old-woman-conceives-naturally-despite-breast-cancer-therapy-and-chemo-cycles-she-didnt-need-ivf-or-egg-freezing-8499373/

His case was taken up in 2017 by The Innocence Project, a nonprofit that works to exonerate the wrongfully accused, after a dedicated cousin, Clarence Hughes, spent five years writing letters begging anyone to look into Kendrick’s case.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/01/28/family-of-jaythan-kendrick-sues-for-100-million-after-wrongful-conviction/