How to Use takings in a Sentence

takings

plural noun

• When it was released in 1987, The Monster Squad accrued less than monstrous takings at the box office.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2020
• But a surge in orders for takeout and delivery soon pushed his takings back up.
  — The Economist, 31 Mar. 2021
• His story starts long before in Guam, where his family had its own brush with land takings.
  — Rob Perez, ProPublica, 26 May 2021
• Tearful leave-takings have been occurring daily on the Ukrainian side of the border.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2022
• Last year, bitcoin miners raked in $16.7 billion in revenue, more than the combined takings of the previous three years.
  — Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2022
• Box office takings in South Korea retreated over the weekend, despite a local film taking the top spot.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 21 Nov. 2021
• After at least 15 years in prison here, Kotey’s plea agreement calls for him to be transferred to the United Kingdom where he would be sentenced to life without chance of parole in five murders and seven hostage-takings.
  — Emily Sacia, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2022
• The family recognized before the needless takings of freedom that people on their own were going to take precautions in response to a spreading virus.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
• Over the years, the U.S. government has provided about 900 acres as compensation for its unauthorized takings.
  — Promised Land, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2020
• The big difference, though, is Old was only available in theaters, while Black Widow benefitted from $60 million of its week 1 takings via Disney+ with premiere access.
  — Jolie Lash, EW.com, 25 July 2021
• The Lafayette plaintiffs say threatened enforcement of the executive order violates the due process, equal protection and takings clauses of both the state and U.S. Constitution.
  — David Jacobs, Washington Examiner, 18 Aug. 2020
• Under its takings clause interpretation, a state couldn’t require a coastal landowner to let random people traverse his property 24/7 to access the beach.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2021
• The plaintiffs say threatened enforcement of the executive order violates the due process, equal protection and takings clauses of both the state and U.S. Constitution.
  — David Jacobs, Washington Examiner, 31 July 2020
• This hits them hard; the combination of no standing or approaching the bar, and sitting in maximum groups of 6 approximately halves a pub’s average takings.
  — David Sables, Forbes, 24 June 2021
• Prohibiting fracking at once would also violate the Constitution’s takings clause and require the state to compensate drillers and landowners.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2021
• In the Constitution, the takings clause has power over the intellectual property clause because patent rights were established to serve the national interest, not the other way around.
  — Alexander Zaitchik, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2020
• Plaintiffs who have filed suit in Lafayette say threatened enforcement of the executive order banning on-site service at bars violates the due process, equal protection and takings clauses of both the state and U.S. Constitution.
  — David Jacobs, Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2020
• But regulations amount to takings only where the economic effect is significant.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2021
• Among those organizations joining the growers was the Chamber of Commerce, which said the duration of access permitted was more relevant to how much compensation was due, not whether a per se takings violation existed.
  — Joan Biskupic, CNN, 23 June 2021
• Park said that the festival represented a moment of comfort and consolation, providing a sense of hope in the recovery of the film industry, which has been depleted by persistently anemic box office takings and cinema closures.
  — Rebecca Souw, Variety, 6 Oct. 2021
• Investigators had been receiving reinforcement from the Spezialeinsatzkommandos, or S.E.K., an élite team of masked, armed tactical police officers who were deployed to hijackings and hostage takings.
  — Jeff Maysh, The New Yorker, 18 May 2021
• Normally in takings cases, property’s value, for compensation purposes, is the market price.
  — Jess Bravin, WSJ, 23 June 2021
• Supreme Court precedents draw a distinction between two kinds of government takings of private property — those that physically claim a property interest and those that impose a regulatory burden.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024