How to Use taka in a Sentence

taka

noun
  • This school, which used to be free, now charges 350 taka ($4) a month.
    — The Economist, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Knots of refugees run after any vehicle that slows down in the hope of getting a few taka (pennies) or something to eat.
    — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Now, after just one win and 120 minutes of trying to lull Russia to sleep, tiki-taka needs a rethink.
    — Brian Straus, SI.com, 5 July 2018
  • Bangladesh suffers from high inflation and a weak taka currency, which combine to erode real incomes for ordinary households.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Bangladesh’s woes have not improved much since Hasina’s ouster, with high inflation and a weak taka currency combining to erode real incomes for ordinary households.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Manchester City's players also have had their own share of individual dominance, using their second season in the tiki-taka system to its fullest.
    — SI.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Spain, the 2010 champion, countered the physical size of European players with the elegant style of passing and movement known as tiki taka.
    — Jeré Longman, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Pessimism replaced with confidence, fatalism defeated, and the club's global status only reinforced by the style -- dubbed tiki-taka -- that accompanied that success.
    — Aimee Lewis, CNN, 19 May 2017
  • The 46-year-old was drilled in the art of tiki taka at Barcelona's La Masia academy from a young age, before later going on to coach the club and give rise to the next generation of stars off the club's famed production line.
    — SI.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Alonso’s defensive setup was in some ways reminiscent of his own playing days under Mourinho at the Bernabeu, when the team learned to sit deep and stifle Guardiola’s tiki-taka Barcelona side.
    — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Ernesto Valverde’s side has continued its evolution from the tiki-taka days into a more structured, tactically focused team that is very different from that dull, almost powerless Spanish Super Cup team.
    — Juan Pimiento, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • By the time the wage board announced that the lowest-grade workers would receive 12,500 Bangladeshi taka ($102) per month, full-fledged riots had broken out, drawing police gunfire that killed three workers and resulting in a factory blaze that caused the death of a fourth.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Tiki-taka This is generally credited to Javier Clemente, who was Spain manager in the mid-1990s but is most associated with a successful stint with Athletic Club the previous decade.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
  • The protests had started peaceably enough after workers spilled into the streets in mid-October to voice their frustration at the then-monthly floor wage of 8,000 Bangladeshi taka ($65), which had remained stagnant since 2018 despite soaring inflation and the rising cost of living.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
  • According to a Monday report from Bangladeshi publication The Business Standard, the work stoppage left export containers worth roughly 6,500 crore taka ($532,000) stranded at inland container depots (ICDs) that host excess cargo transported to Chattogram.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019

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