takes on

verb

Definition of takes onnext
present tense third-person singular of take on
1
as in faces
to enter into contest or conflict with will take on his chief opponent in the next political debate

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2
as in employs
to provide with a paying job decided to take her on as store manager

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3
as in borrows
to take for one's own use (something originated by another) recently arrived immigrants who are eager to take on the language and culture of their adopted homeland

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for takes on
  1. faces
  2. employs
  3. borrows
  4. hires
  5. adopts
Verb
  • Johnson faces the task of implementing this single-package strategy with a slim Republican majority.
    Adeola Adeosun, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • However, the report also reveals that the state faces certain challenges, including a high suicide rate among seniors and a shortage of home health care workers.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of faces
Verb
  • The tracker relies on radar technology and satellites to keep tabs on Santa, according to NORAD, which notes those methods are the same ones the agency employs to protect skies over North America.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The business operates more than 11,000 stores across the nation, according to Reuters, and employs close to 200,000 people.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of employs
Verb
  • Its proposal borrows ideas from Arizona, California, Rhode Island and Minnesota laws to identify the sources of donations that otherwise would be untraceable under Illinois law.
    Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2024
  • For starters, there are five customizable light settings, including a nesting mode that borrows from nature.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of borrows
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  • Once again, there’s a selection bias - an author who hires a ghostwriter likely will invest more in promotion and other factors that increase sales.
    Roger Dooley, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Then, filled with admiration for this person who has turned a simple space into a something transcendental, the patron hires Tóth to oversee construction on a community center in the modest burg of Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of hires
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  • Evergreen, who is now 8 weeks old, is currently living with a foster family until a forever family adopts her.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Along the way, Roz befriends some of the local wildlife—Pedro Pascal voices a mischievous red fox named Fink, with Bill Nighy voicing an elderly goose named Longneck—and adopts an orphaned goose named Brightbill (Kit Connor).
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of adopts
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