How to Use take-up in a Sentence
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Retirement plan take-up isn’t an exact proxy for new job creation, of course.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
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There was great take-up of the 11 high-quality op-ed pieces on offer.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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The strongest evidence shows that 529 tax incentives do not do much to expand take-up.
—Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
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The streamer still has a relatively low take-up in big territories and now boasts a healthy originals library of shows that can be sold in second windows.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
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The long-term impact will depend on take-up, integration with other supports and broader demographic shifts.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
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The idea of an ocean-bottom detector, estimated to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, has seen little take-up from government funders to date.
—James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
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Meanwhile, there are differences in side effects between the two drugs that could also have an impact on their take-up — assuming, of course, that orforglipron is approved for marketing.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 26 Feb. 2026
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Auto-renewal also cut promotional subscription take-up by 35 percent.
—Hec Paris Insights, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
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Pitaro reiterated his past assertions that reinforcing the number of total subscribers across linear TV and streaming would be ESPN’s goal, not generating a specific amount of take-up in streaming.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
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The researchers synthesized spinnable fibers with transition temperatures of approximately 30 and 60 degrees Celsius, then tested variables including spinning temperature, spinneret diameter and take-up speed on laboratory and pilot-scale equipment.
—Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
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The highest take-up of registrations onto FIFA PASS has been by nationals from Uzbekistan, China, India, Turkey, Mexico and Colombia.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 14 May 2026
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The Office actor Julie Fernandez and Sara Johnson have been in post two-and-a-half years now at Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, which reps the likes of Steve McQueen and Stephen Frears, and have recently felt their frustration at low industry take-up of access coordinators boil over.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
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The process can take up to four days.
—Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026
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That process can take up to six months.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 25 Jan. 2026
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The process can take up to two weeks in some states.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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And the burr grinder takes up far more counter space in my small kitchen.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
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Full results can take up to a year or longer.
—Jay Sparks, USA Today, 15 June 2026
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Each tunnel may take up to a month’s worth of work.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 June 2026
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Plus, the slim design takes up next to no space.
—Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
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Colorado has urged the high court not to take up the case.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2026
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Getting that bridge built took up my days and nights and time.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Even she is impressed by the sheer space these things take up!
—Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
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Put your bag on your lap or rest it on your feet to take up less space.
—Claudia Fisher, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026
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The school board has not yet set a date to take up the matter.
—Leslie Postal, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Dec. 2021
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But this can take up to a month or two for some plants to show signs of life.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
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Then Menzies takes up the theme.
—Sarah Crompton, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2026
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He is set to take up the post on May 18.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
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Weir took up the guitar at age 13.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2026
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Its sleek and slim design won’t take up much space on your kitchen counter.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
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This would likely take up to 20 years.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
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The center of the home is taken up by the kitchen.
—Adam Williams march 01, New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2026
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The center of the home is taken up by its kitchen.
—New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025
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This stack takes up 50% of your total salary.
—Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 11 Oct. 2025
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Those ideas could be taken up at a later point.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
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There's a lot on the line here—boots take up a lot of space in your closet.
—Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Aug. 2022
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A lot of the available floorspace is taken up by its kitchen.
—New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026
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The form is thorough and could take up to an hour to complete.
—al, 7 Feb. 2022
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The fish strip takes up the entire hand-sized tortilla.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2026
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For example, pole beans take up less space than bush beans.
—Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 3 Mar. 2026
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Flaming garbage took up the whole northbound side of the street.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024
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Some states are taking up the issue.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 10 June 2026
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Lacy died days before the grand jury was set to take up his case.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025
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