taken up
Example Sentences
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He said disabled parking spaces in Belfast were often taken up by delivery drivers or people without blue badges.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Verisk had already filed a generative-AI exclusion effective for general liability renewals as of Jan. 1, which insurers across the market have taken up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“We see them as intellectualizing or sanitizing radical-right ideas that are then taken up by the parties in power,” said Allchorn, the U.K. extremism expert.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
My kids are 22 and 20 now, but that’s taken up a huge amount of my time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Harry did not stay to watch Slughorn splutter: He and Luna ran after Professor McGonagall, who had taken up a position in the middle of the corridor and raised her wand.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
