take up

Example Sentences

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The quick take-up is especially notable since families have until mid-March to apply.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

The government has brought forward a number of measures to support the take-up of electric vehicles over the past year.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Assuming every eligible child participates in the program, in what the firm calls a “100% take-up scenario,” seed deposits alone imply 14 million qualifying newborns between 2025 and 2028.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

Prof Whitty also warned that although the UK had some of the highest take-up of childhood vaccines in the world, rates had been "drifting down" over the last decade.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

When the film was over, the end of it whipped noisily around and around the take-up reel until Etienne turned off the machine and the rectangle of light disappeared.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick