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taking up

ADJECTIVE

occupying

Synonyms

STRONG

commanding controlling covering holding maintaining obtaining owning permeating pervading placed possessing posted remaining residing resting sitting situated staying tenanting

WEAK

assigned to living in settled on

Antonyms

WEAK

gone leaving removing

NOUN

adoption

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptance approval enactment endorsement maintenance ratification

STRONG

approbation appropriation assumption choice confirmation embracement embracing espousal following selection support

WEAK

taking on taking over

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disapproval opposition refusal rejection

WEAK

pass repudiation

NOUN

assumption

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptance

STRONG

acquisition adoption appropriation arrogation embracing grab seizure takeover taking undertaking usurpation

WEAK

accepting assuming shouldering taking on

Antonyms

STRONG

rejection

WEAK

doubt genuineness naturalness reality realness unexpected

Example Sentences

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They hold almost all of an atom's mass while taking up only a tiny part of its total volume.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

He’s not the only one from the 1989 team taking up the challenge.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Data-center construction promises higher energy and water costs while taking up more and more land.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

A self-described "proper working-class" woman, Rayner rose quickly in Westminster, taking up the women and equalities, and education briefs in the shadow cabinet of former Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

I had the feeling that they disapproved of us being there, drinking only water, taking up space.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

taking up

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