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take in

[tayk-in] / ˈteɪkˌɪn /




take-in


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And it was a lot for the players to take in too.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Because autistic people take in the world differently, we’re apt to misunderstand, or miss entirely, the social cues and conventions that drive neurotypical social interactions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

From wrapping overlooks, anchored by a central stepped terrace, you can take in the Endeavour’s full presence, set against the ethereal diagrid, from all sides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

We can create that feeling at home, setting up a dedicated space to be comfortably still and take in your favorite records, or an unfamiliar one, from start to finish.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Now I can see him take in the actuality: the piled boxes and rusty tins, the clothing in various states of rumpled.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Sunday is also a day I get to enjoy take-in from my favorite restaurants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2024

Almost always, she said, there is a predictable sequence in which people take-in an eclipse: it begins with a sense of wrongness and primal fear, followed by a feeling of connectedness and insignificance.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024

If the people of Standing Rock did not take-in their beloved family and friends, there would be mass homelessness.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2017

Bordeaux’s Musée des Beaux Arts is also a great take-in for a mere four Euros to enter.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 28, 2015

“The thunderin’ old cheat of a Maltese scoundrel is a regular take-in, askin’ on us fur to help him and he a-rollin’ in gold all the time, the blessed old miser!”

From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by John B. Greene


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