uptake
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It showed vaccination coverage had fallen below recommended levels, with very few routine childhood vaccines now meeting the 95% uptake target.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Waymo is the latest firm to launch trials in Europe, where uptake of robotaxi services has been much slower than in the United States and China.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The study will run into 2028, testing two low doses of Wegovy, and follows the company disclosing recently that uptake of the pill had been particularly strong for its lowest doses across self-paying patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
This difference occurred without a corresponding increase in peak oxygen uptake, indicating better fitness.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
“Fire is catching, so to speak,” he continues,- as if I’m being slow on the uptake.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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"Basically, these are all just different systems of encapsulating your molecule so that the bodily more readily uptakes it," Boyar says.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2023
Tower Hamlets has seen one of the lowest uptakes of vaccines in the UK throughout the pandemic.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2022
Eighteen other workers had unintended uptakes of less than 1 millirem after passing by the area of the airborne radioactive particles as they evacuated the room.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
Italy has one of the highest vaccine uptakes in the world with 80% of the population having received either one or two jabs, while around 15% of people have had a booster shot.
From Reuters ● Dec. 6, 2021
The uptakes from each boiler are constructed of 3/8-inch plate and each is lined with radial hollow brick 4 inches thick.
From The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment by Anonymous
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