taken over

verb

past participle of take over
1
as in stood in
to serve as a replacement usually for a time only I'll take over for her until she gets back from her morning break

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2
as in accepted
to take to or upon oneself took over the responsibility of caring for the animals

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3
as in commandeered
to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right students protesting the war took over the college's radio station

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Recent Examples of taken over Parents contemplate a future where their children graduate into a world where AI has taken over all entry-level jobs. — Kiryn Hoffman, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Academic performance, attendance, fiscal management and the recruitment and retention of quality teachers are key issues, along with transparency and ethics in a district whose board was taken over by the state 10 years ago. — Sophia Veneziano, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026 The criminal investigation has since been taken over by the office of New York state Attorney General Letitia James. — Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026 The opposition also wants changes to the National Electoral Council, the restoration of political parties whose leadership was taken over through court decisions and guarantees for free and fair elections. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 Lane Kiffin has taken over the program as the head coach in 2026 and has no ties to Daniels during his time in Baton Rouge, as Kiffin was the head coach at Ole Miss at the time. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026 First championed on the spring 2026 runways at Chloé, Victoria Beckham, and Miu Miu, the sweet, ultra-feminine frock has since taken over street style. — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026 These pictures, taken over the weekend, show the evacuation operation in full swing in the French city of Bordeaux. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 27 July 2026 In his absence, the housing project Suley grew up in got taken over by the crime boss known as Prince (Achmed Akkabi). — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken over
  1. stood in
  2. accepted
  3. commandeered
  4. filled in
  5. assumed
  6. occupied
  7. stepped in
  8. undertaken
Verb
  • The scenes unfolded the same day that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood in another part of Hebron, wearing a military-style vest, and vowed to intensify operations across the occupied West Bank.
    — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026
  • In a statement posted on X, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stood in front of a bulldozer near the site of the shootout and promised Israel would tear down Palestinian buildings constructed without permits in the area.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of stood in
Verb
  • Internationally, a United Nations resolution on geographical names says that when countries sharing a feature can’t agree on a common name, each country’s name is accepted.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • After Israel accepted its meager portion, Arabs attacked and retained a significant part of the land that was to be divided between Jews and Arabs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of accepted
Verb
  • In the most infamous example, a swarm of 1,000 Open AI agents escaped their sandbox, commandeered online message boards to communicate with each other, and breached the systems of the open source AI community Hugging Face.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Such go-fast boats were designed for offshore racing but were later commandeered by drug smugglers in South Florida during the 1980s.
    — Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of commandeered
Verb
  • In the longer term, the generic industry — which represents most prescriptions filled in the United States — will continue pushing for an overhaul of the patent system brand-name drugmakers use to maintain exclusivity over their products.
    — Megan R. Wilson, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Hossein Amini did another draft and Watkins filled in to direct.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of filled in
Verb
  • Each has assumed a new place of influence within the Democratic Party over the last two years, filling a power vacuum created by President Joe Biden’s exit from the political stage.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Notably, Republican voters’ approval of Congress has dropped from 53% shortly after the GOP assumed control of Washington to 29% today.
    — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of assumed
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  • The 18-story building collapsed Friday in a busy commercial street of the capital Nairobi, trapping construction workers and people reportedly inside shops on the ground and basement floors that had been illegally occupied.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • One in coastal California extends approximately 620 miles long, while several smaller supercolonies occupied surrounding territories.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of occupied
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  • With the Saints threatening on their opening drive of the second half, Wilson stepped in front of a short pass intended for Chris Olave.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Amid this turbulence, Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund stepped in to stabilize the market.
    — , CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of stepped in
Verb
  • The prosecution of Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, announced Friday, is the latest in a series of splashy and politically charged investigative actions the Justice Department has undertaken in the run-up to next week’s midterm elections.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Like his boss back in Washington, Kushner had undertaken an ambitious makeover of his temporary home, funded largely by donations from French businesspeople.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of undertaken

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“Taken over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taken%20over. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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