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uptake

(= consumption) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) a process of taking up or using up or consuming they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids

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Sometimes Markku is a bit slow on the uptake.
Tom is a little slow on the uptake.
He's a little slow on the uptake.
She's a little slow on the uptake.
Tom's pretty quick on the uptake.
A clever man is always quick in the uptake.

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You know, not knowing much about you because you make me talk about myself so that for a minute there I wasn't very bright on the uptake.
You're not usually so slow in the uptake.
As you are Chinese, you inherit a wonderful national heritage. You are smart, quick on the uptake, and you have excellent moral values.
You'll forgive me if I've been a little slow on the uptake.
You were always a little slow on the uptake, my boy!
No uptake activity in the brain stem.
I work at the Pentagon, Sergeant,...so I admit I'm a Little slow on the uptake.
I'm sorry if I uptake your plans. I'm sorry if i can't meet your expectations.
Later that night Charlotte was determined to prove she was stronger than selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors.
Not too quick on the uptake, huh, Jack?
You were a little slow on the uptake, my friend.,.thinking all these goodies were because you knew some warrior named Zebra.
I'm usually pretty quick on the uptake. But would someone please tell me what the heck is going on here?
I was a little slow on the uptake.
Call me slow on the uptake, but am I getting the impression that this virus thing is still hanging around?
I feel so uptake intake outtake.
You're coming down, Mrs. Uptake.
I feel intake, uptake, outtake.
Happy landing, Mrs. Uptake.
Well, good night, Mrs. Uptake Intake Outtake.
It's too bad Mrs. Uptake Outtake won't be here to witness your triumph.
Oh God, you're slow on the uptake.
You know, for a brain surgeon, you're pretty slow on the uptake.
I work at the Pentagon, Sergeant,...so I admit I'm a little slow on the uptake.
He was quite slow on the uptake.
Whoa. Whoa, whoa. Call me slow on the uptake, but am I getting the impression that this virus thing is still hanging around?
Sometimes the uptake!
Later that night, Charlotte was determined to prove she was stronger. than selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors.
Sorry. Bit slow on the uptake back there.
Uptake through the lungs is fast, but an inhaler is never gonna administer a large enough dose, even in constant use.
Not very quick on the uptake, are we?
Decreased Uptake On The Membranous Septum.
I'm quick on the uptake.
Protocol says we should do an iodine uptake test.
Do the iodine uptake test.
Thallium uptake scan?

News and current affairs

Insurance companies face inherent difficulties in measuring risks, and they must tailor their policies creatively around the human foibles that limit uptake.
Reduced uptake of smoking by children would save lives chiefly after 2050.
Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended including the hepB vaccine in routine immunization since 1992, its high price initially hindered its uptake in some developing countries.
Without at least partial public financing, the uptake of these new technologies will be slow and uneven.
Other countries should also adopt national strategies to accelerate the uptake of the new technologies.
As in the US, tax policies must foster the uptake of the new technologies.
Ironically, the properties of nanomaterials that may create concern, such as nanoparticle uptake by cells, are often precisely the properties desired for beneficial uses in medical applications.
Third, a readily available and effective antidote exists for those at risk: non-radioactive iodine, available in tablets or liquid, which blocks the uptake of I-131 into the thyroid gland.

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