taking on
Example Sentences
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The reigning world number one taking on a former world number one.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The school has forged a partnership with Edenwald, in part to help fund a new science center without taking on more debt.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
My parents wanted to save my life, and so they shelled out the cash, my father taking on side jobs to pay for it.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
He’s also adamant that Apple’s architecture, with on-device models handling lighter workloads and its private cloud taking on the larger ones, makes it unique.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Though backshifting usually occurs when someone said something in the past, it also occurs when a proposition was generally believed in the past, as in This meant that Amy was taking on too many responsibilities.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
