uptake
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Currently there are pots of money for free courses for unemployed people to support them to find work, but uptake was "really low", said Murray.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
This is another place where a behavior gap has become apparent: There are a great many more workplaces that offer advice to their employees, but very little uptake of that advice.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Combining these methods gave the scientists a detailed picture of methane uptake across the forest sites and how it responded to changing environmental conditions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Singapore's National Trades Union Congress said Monday that public transport workers and delivery riders could receive free N95 masks, but AFP found uptake was slow.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
“Fire is catching, so to speak,” he continues,- as if I’m being slow on the uptake.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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"Basically, these are all just different systems of encapsulating your molecule so that the bodily more readily uptakes it," Boyar says.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2023
Tower Hamlets has seen one of the lowest uptakes of vaccines in the UK throughout the pandemic.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2022
Both Iberian countries have high vaccine uptakes, with close to 90% of people eligible for the jabs receiving them.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
Italy has one of the highest vaccine uptakes in the world with 80% of the population having received either one or two jabs, while around 15% of people have had a booster shot.
From Reuters ● Dec. 6, 2021
The uptakes from each boiler are constructed of 3/8-inch plate and each is lined with radial hollow brick 4 inches thick.
From The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment by Anonymous
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