How to Use takings in a Sentence

takings

plural noun
  • But a surge in orders for takeout and delivery soon pushed his takings back up.
    — The Economist, 2021-03-31
  • His story starts long before in Guam, where his family had its own brush with land takings.
    — Rob Perez, ProPublica, 2021-05-26
  • Tearful leave-takings have been occurring daily on the Ukrainian side of the border.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2022-03-05
  • Last year, bitcoin miners raked in $16.7 billion in revenue, more than the combined takings of the previous three years.
    — Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 2022-03-13
  • Box office takings in South Korea retreated over the weekend, despite a local film taking the top spot.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 2021-11-21
  • When it was released in 1987, The Monster Squad accrued less than monstrous takings at the box office.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 2020-09-28
  • But regulations amount to takings only where the economic effect is significant.
    — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 2021-03-21
  • 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, 2021-03-19
  • 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, 2020-08-24
  • 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, 2022-05-02
  • 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, 2020-08-18
  • 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, 2021-06-23
  • 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, 2021-05-18

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