take up residence
Example Sentences
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The monks who were previously housed at the ranch noted online that they are still looking for a new property at which to take up residence.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
Marthy, who has been living with Chris on the coal barge he works on, agrees to vamoose so Anna can take up residence there.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
"It was so obvious that, but for the misfortunes of war, a fine, thriving, healthy little platypus would have created history in being number one of its kind to take up residence in England."
From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025
This directionlessness also makes those with a CCR2 deficiency more susceptible to mycobacterial infections, because the macrophages can't find their way to the tissue clusters where mycobacteria take up residence, and thus digest the invaders.
From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2024
They arrive and take up residence in the deserted homes.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
