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View definitions for taken

taken

adjective as in captured

adjective as in employed or rented

Weak match

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He said: "The plant pots will have graffiti put on them. They'll have the soil taken out and thrown on the road. The plants will be taken out."

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Video footage taken on Friday showed fires still burning, charred vehicles, and smoke rising from the razed building.

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If their opinion is taken into consideration, that is.

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He was taken into custody 10 months after the wind-driven Palisades fire, which destroyed thousands of homes and killed 12 people.

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Investors became concerned this summer after they learned that Apollo, the private-equity giant, had earlier taken a short position on First Brands through a credit-default swap trade, which was reported by the Financial Times.

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