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as in to employ
to provide with a paying job
decided to take her on as store manager
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as in to borrow
to take for one's own use (something originated by another)
recently arrived immigrants who are eager to take on the language and culture of their adopted homeland
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The New Destination of Joy Concepts from introductory psychology textbooks took on a new, hands-on dimension in our rodent driving laboratory.
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Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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The Mining Exchange Hotel offers a vintage take on elegance.
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Stephen Graham is set to play Springsteen's father and Johnny Cannizzaro will take on E Street Band member and guitarist Steve Van Zandt.
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Established nonprofits took on 11 of the properties, mostly those newer and in better condition, leaving 18 in limbo.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
Sign up Mining Exchange Hotel, Colorado Springs (Image credit: Michael Kleinberg Photography)
The Mining Exchange Hotel offers a vintage take on elegance.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
Stephen Graham is set to play Springsteen's father and Johnny Cannizzaro will take on E Street Band member and guitarist Steve Van Zandt.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Established nonprofits took on 11 of the properties, mostly those newer and in better condition, leaving 18 in limbo.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The council met in executive session to discuss appointing a new member to the Planning and Zoning Commission and to name a new associate judge for the Bee Cave Municipal Court.Rachel Royster, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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New and returning lawmakers meet Tuesday to pick their leaders for the 2025-26 session, where Republicans again will control the House and Senate.Christopher Howley, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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The Atlanta artist employs his baby voice, repetition, and insatiable thirst for women for a one-minute, 25-second banger.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 22 Nov. 2024
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The Indianapolis location employs 55 part-and-full-time workers and is the fourth L.L. Bean store to open this year, bringing the total to more than 60 stores globally.Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
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Thunder Power's liquidity is based on its ability to generate cash from operations, obtain capital financing, and borrow funds to support its operations and capital needs.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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And the success of CAR-T has inspired researchers to borrow other—cheaper and simpler—strategies from cancer therapy to kill immune cells gone awry.Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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After being hit with some of the coldest temperatures on record, Central Texans will now face rainfall throughout the week.Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Next week, the celebrities and their partners will face each other in the fight for the Mirrorball trophy.Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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These companies often also hire too fast and onboard too many people, especially when revenue appears to have turned a corner.Agur Jõgi, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Authenticity was hot, hot, hot: the Rothschilds who hired Samson had been satisfied with shiny new furniture in the style of the eighteenth century, but the robber barons adding to Asher’s fortune wanted to pad their pedigrees with originals.Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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On this day in 1777: The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Second Continental Congress, though the document was not ratified by the states until March 1, 1781.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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On one project for a manufacturing company, what initially appeared as a simple reluctance to adopt new interface design solutions turned out to be a thoughtful concern about maintaining their exceptional standards in safety.Goran Paun, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Most who have encountered him want to put the Han Lo experience behind them.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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Midway through the first episode of Say Nothing, Dolours Price encounters a fiery scene in West Belfast: a mob of Northern Irish citizens chucking petrol bombs at a police barracks.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Legends of Tomorrow started its life as the Arrowverse’s biggest flop, with a dull first season about a motley crew of heroes and villains from The Flash and Arrow being recruited by a time traveler to stop a despot’s rise to power.Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Kamp has also promised to work to enhance recruiting, specifically targeting women and veterans, while also focusing on retention.Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Take on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take%20on. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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