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Recent Examples of uptake
So far this year, the uptake of RSV vaccine among eligible people has been low.
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Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 6 Jan. 2025
Hanna said the uptake of Rx Kids in Flint suggests that's working.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2024
Local health departments and nonprofits rely on these figures to track uptake of the shots, targeting outreach to communities seeing lagging immunization rates.
—CBS News, 24 Jan. 2025
The cells absorbed the microplastics, and mucus cells, specifically, had the highest uptake of particles.
—Jenna Anderson, Health, 19 Jan. 2025
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Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 6 Jan. 2025
Hanna said the uptake of Rx Kids in Flint suggests that's working.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2024
Local health departments and nonprofits rely on these figures to track uptake of the shots, targeting outreach to communities seeing lagging immunization rates.
—CBS News, 24 Jan. 2025
The cells absorbed the microplastics, and mucus cells, specifically, had the highest uptake of particles.
—Jenna Anderson, Health, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uptake
Noun
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Persistent boxing personality posted this AI image to troll Stevenson—one of his favorite pastimes: While an argument can be made that Stevenson needs to chase more finishes, that’s not his style, and fight fans who don’t appreciate that expose their limited absorption of the sport.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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Another factor that influences absorption is the form of nutrients used in dietary supplements.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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That’s generally because of the slowing of gastrointestinal motility; food sitting in the stomach for a long time might send a mistaken signal to the brain that there’s something wrong with the digestion process.—
Mara Santilli,
Flow Space,
18 Feb. 2025
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Slower digestion raises the risk of constipation.6 12.—
Melissa Nieves,
Verywell Health,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Data assimilation is a technique that combines modelling with direct observations to predict the evolution of a system.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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Human rights groups have accused China of detaining over 1 million Uyghurs in mass internment camps and engaging in systematic forced labor, torture, rape, and forced sterilization as part of a broader campaign of assimilation.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Think of the persistence of a Christian understanding of American identity.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Two people can go into a room, have a conversation and emerge with a completely different understanding of what took place inside that room.—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Uptake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uptake. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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