to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities
you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game
action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior
what's your take on the announcement that the senior vice president is taking an early retirement?
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group
because there were so many winners of the jackpot, each person's take will be smaller than expected
a distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play)
despite its contemporary setting, this take on King Lear isn't particularly novel or insightful
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Pipeline construction typically takes a matter of years and requires significant investment, some analysts said.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
18 Aug. 2026 This circuit takes one incoming signal and directs it toward different destinations based on another control signal.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Aug. 2026 Leonard has a ton of skill and can break shifts open with his puck handling, and often takes pucks to the net with his skilled plays.—
Corey Pronman,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2026 On Black Rabbit, Bateman the director takes the color palette and dark lighting of Ozark and roughs it up.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Aug. 2026 The receive center takes products from global vendors and holds them until they are needed elsewhere.—
Roy Stephen Canivel,
Footwear News,
17 Aug. 2026 Fixing that takes a deliberate operating model, not a better dashboard.—
Sriram Bhargav Madhav,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2026 Then, 36 hours before the eggs are retrieved, the patient takes trigger medication such as Lupron, Ovidrel, Novarel or Pregnyl to initiate final egg maturation.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
11 Aug. 2026 The team takes their time with every detail, the presentation and professionalism part of the point.—
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11 Aug. 2026
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Several symbolic scenes, similarly unfolding in sinuous long takes—a ritualistic repetition of local habits at the junk yard, a formal dance of non-seduction at a luncheonette with a jukebox—lay bare the town’s ingrained and unyielding mores.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2026 The Midnight Boys eventually filled out its host chairs with Adeniran, a Marvel expert who got his start at The Ringer making social content, and Ahlman, the show’s producer, whose takes were too good to stay behind the scenes.—
Daniel Strauss,
Vanity Fair,
10 Aug. 2026 The day before this one, Parekh filmed takes of fire leaping down the street, which include practical flames created by piping gas under the set.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
10 Aug. 2026 The Oscar winner was doing needlepoint between takes while shooting the 1968 comedy, perhaps as a way to keep his hands busy.—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Aug. 2026 Crosby and his team would record multiple takes, and Mullin would deftly splice together the best to create a seamless performance.—IEEE Spectrum,
2 Aug. 2026 There’s little downtime, with the group performing several takes of them singing and dancing live for the cameras, but the members of IVE find a few moments of rest.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Aug. 2026 The Jays, regardless of what form their 2026 trade deadline takes, will have a lot of work to do this winter.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2026 While traditional wedding wear — voluminous lehenga sets, saris and sherwanis — remain a constant for every designer, brands are also showing newer, contemporary takes, geared towards the younger generation.—CNN Money,
30 July 2026
Bristol Myers Squibb, or BMS, has a program to make its drugs available in lower-income countries.
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CNN Money,
CNN Money,
19 Aug. 2026
Historically, the ruling party in Nigeria's presidential elections usually has a higher chance of winning when the race features more than one prominent opposition candidate.
Bernard gets more of the attention; Weru, a native of Kenya, was an international rugby player who is now learning football.
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Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2026
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said keeping gas prices low and ensuring Iran never gets a hold of a nuclear weapon are of equal importance to the president.
Other times the canvas can still be enormous; what’s small is the intimate story Scott chooses to tell within it.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Aug. 2026
Flexible Options for Different Sleep Needs As consumers look for more personalized ways to improve their sleep environment, not everyone chooses to replace an entire mattress.
Flock Homes, which buys homes that are then pooled in a REIT-style fund, is getting a new headquarters at 1521 Blake St.
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Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
19 Aug. 2026
Veno is the executive director of the Group Insurance Commission, the entity that buys health care for more than 460,000 public employees and retirees in Massachusetts.
Medicaid, for example, requires states to pursue estate recovery for certain benefits paid on behalf of some recipients age 55 and older, including certain long-term care costs.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
18 Aug. 2026
Meeting their needs requires addressing stagnant Medicaid rates for behavioral health and ensuring health insurance covers behavioral needs, advocates said.
With the Paramount closed, some film premieres will be held at ACL Live at the Moody Theater, which accommodates about 2,800.
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Mya Copeland,
Variety,
18 Aug. 2026
Primary Bath To fit a tub in the primary bath, Tribbett created a step-up that accommodates plumbing and angled the tub to leave room for a shower on the right.
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