taken out

past participle of take out
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as in accompanied
to go on a social engagement with she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime

Synonyms & Similar Words

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of taken out The comments drew swift condemnation from California leaders, even as the White House communications director, Steven Cheung, insisted the president’s remarks had been taken out of context. — Ana Ceballos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 The plane was taken out of service for inspection and repairs. — Austin Turner, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 But while Godzilla can be taken down, he can’t be entirely taken out. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026 But a lot of stuff had been taken out of the existing script. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026 But the ground game was largely taken out of the equation in the second half as the score got out of hand. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 Seaver defended himself in a statement to TMZ, insisting his words were taken out of context. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2026 However, rates are already higher for loans taken out during the 2026-27 academic year based on the last 10-year Treasury note auction in May, which took effect July 1. — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026 But court dockets say there’s still an open domestic violence restraining order against him, first taken out by his wife on June 12, 2025. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken out
Verb
  • The rise of prediction markets has unleashed a flurry of lawsuits from Native American tribes across the United States.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The violence unleashed there had motivated her to take on a new mission – making Juneteenth a national holiday.
    — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Tasting Room offers a full-service restaurant open for dinner and weekend brunch, accompanied by hyperlocal award-winning ciders—all hand-crafted on-site in a state-of-the-art cidery.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Starting with tonight's game between Brashear and Westinghouse, all students under the age of 18 will need to be accompanied by an adult over the age of 21 to be able to get into the stadium.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Preckwinkle said recently that about 100,000 cubic yards of debris from the area has already been removed.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • India's Election Commission has so far removed more than 130 million names from the voter lists.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In the series, a bachelorette weekend turns deadly when the bride (Jenner) winds up murdered in the pool, and her closest girlfriends all become suspects.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Her sister's husband, her brother-in-law, Yagev Buchshtab however, had been murdered by the terrorists.
    — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • There’s also the heating and cooling system, wherein heat generated by the hotel’s air-conditioning units is used to produce hot water rather than being released into the atmosphere.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Russian officials have not released figures on damage to the country's oil infrastructure.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Toward the end of the 20th century, Burberry’s image had grown dated, and its luxury positioning had weakened.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The pair dated for six years, though not as much is known about the relationship.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Yeah, people just want to see if I really did get assassinated by Madonna’s Cartel.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The 21-year-old Michigan State senior is also head of the local chapter of Turning Point, the group for young conservatives whose founder, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated last year.
    — Jacqueline Ganun, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • He was slain after a fight with an emotionally disturbed fellow passenger spilled off the rush-hour train onto the platform at the Woodhaven Blvd.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The deaths accounted for over 40% of the 156 women slain during that period.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Taken out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taken%20out. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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