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tak·ing-up

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of taking-up in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of taking-up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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  1. David James:

    We’ve seen a drop in pet adoption especially with COVID restrictions being lifted and more people taking up the vaccine, this could be attributed to an increase in pet populations due to people who want pets but cannot afford them or those who do not want their pets anymore and end up releasing them into shelters or rescue homes, which is why it is important to spay and neuter your pets.

  2. Michael Weiss:

    That's not to sat it's coming out of ISIS HQ in Raqqa, one of the things to keep in mind is the that the Caliphate has expanded in a way that many have not foreseen. It's not necessarily taking up more terrain in Syria and Iraq, but it is getting these affiliates -- getting these sleepers -- essentially to declare allegiance and to conduct their own operations.

  3. Judge Timothy Walmsley:

    I apologize to folks who believe that we are taking up too much of their time, but I hope folks can see the bigger picture here.

  4. Alondra Nelson:

    There were a lot of conversations about the relationship between transparency and accountability of federal science and technology, and how doing that well helps to restore trust in government, part of the exercise of having these public conversations was trying to begin to restore this trust -- to say to the American public, this is what we're doing, these are the issues that we're taking up, what you think that we should be doing or what are the issues that are of concern to you ?

  5. Anthony Bourdain -LRB- left -RRB-:

    It’s something I ’m very aware of when I hear Anthony Bourdain -LRB- left -RRB- talking about it — it makes me very uneasy, these are not my stories, so I feel that every time I ’m talking about it I ’m taking up space that should be rightfully taken by a woman. It’s a fine line for me. I do n’t particularly enjoy talking about it. But if you ask me, I ’ll tell ya.

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