take up space
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Solar panels can also be unreliable because they become dirty, require sunlight and take up space.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
They described not wanting to "take up space" and trying to be "smaller and quieter" in mixed company.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
It says: what if we let women take up space — physically, energetically, calorically — and celebrated them not in spite of that, but because of it?
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025
In the moment, it was something to do, a reason to get out of the two-bedroom apartment they shared with three families, a way to take up space in this new city.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024
“Well... yeah,” Joey said, “but remember, there can be headlines and drawings and pictures and dingbats— they all take up space, too.”
From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements
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