take up

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Along with the post, Anthropic released a set of legislative proposals it wants Congress to take up.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

For a couple spending $120,000 a year in retirement, for example, essentials might take up $70,000.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Historically, higher oil and fertilizer prices take up to twelve months to fully filter through food-supply chains, meaning much of the impact has yet to appear in consumer prices, Stamer said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The Senate has passed a similar resolution in May, but will need to take up this version advanced by the House.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

But Cantor’s hierarchy of infinities would tell a different tale: it would show just how little space the rational numbers take up on the number line.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife