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taken

adjective as in captured

adjective as in employed or rented

Weak match

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The gift guide, once just for aficionados of American manufacturing, has taken on new resonance this holiday season as tariff-wary shoppers hunt for deals.

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Five judges have ruled that Scotland's courts have taken an approach to evidence which risks depriving a defendant of their right to a fair trial.

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The Senegalese winger's talent is taken for granted now, but he had to work hard to prove himself before landing a spot in a Premier League starting line-up.

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I look at the photographs on the pages, some of which were taken three decades ago.

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The road not taken is gnawing at her soul.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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