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View definitions for taken

taken

adjective as in captured

adjective as in employed or rented

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Paramedics attended to them, and then they were taken into police custody.

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Universities that traditionally required higher entry grades have fared better, because they have simply taken a bigger share by accepting some students with lower results.

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"It's taken 35 years to speak, that's how frightened I've been of speaking," she says.

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Some consumers have taken legal action against the firm, including a proposed class-action lawsuit filed in October.

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The fast food giant resumed sales of the burger in all of its restaurants in America after it said samples of its beef patties, taken by the Colorado Department of Agriculture, tested negative for the bacteria.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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