- past participle of take.
taken
Example Sentences
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"We would like to reassure parents, staff and the wider public that the management of asbestos in Cardiff council buildings, including schools, is taken extremely seriously," added a spokesperson.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Burnham also went to a Kyiv shopping centre that was destroyed by a Russian attack in May, mingling with locals and having selfies taken with them.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
“The Court’s disposition of this application does not mean that any measure taken by the Government to implement the Order will necessarily be lawful. On that score, time will tell,” the high court wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Its order “does not mean that any measure taken by the Government to implement the Order will necessarily be lawful. On that score, time will tell.”
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Why, it would have taken a wagon scale to weigh her and two trips to the grain elevator to get her there.”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
