taking up
Example Sentences
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After taking up comedy classes and street performances on the East Coast, Zucker quickly transitioned to working in theater and eventually moved to L.A. at 18 to pursue comedy, interning at Upright Citizens Brigade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
In addition to acting as an ACC inhibitor, it activates PPARα and PPARδ, cellular receptors that switch on genes involved in taking up fat and burning it for energy.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
They seem to be taking up a lot of mental real estate, and they don’t have to.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
They are also headaches taking up roster spots in an NIL-enriched landscape where teams are loaded with players finding ways to stick around long after most undergrads have entered the workforce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
And after that it was pretty much a blur, bits and pieces of information, and images no one would want taking up residence in one’s brain.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
