take shape

1. Also, shape up. Turn out, develop, acquire a distinctive form, as in Her reelection campaign is already taking shape, two years before the election, or Can you tell us how the book is shaping up? The first term dates from the mid-1700s and the variant, originally put as shape out, from about 1600.

Example Sentences

Earlier in the week, a rotation trade appeared to be taking shape, which helped lift the Dow, even as the Nasdaq continued to struggle.

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The stocks of a new group of firms have lately been surging and could take a more central role as the AI race takes shape.

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He says the series is an extreme version of the present and the mental silos that take shape.

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Meanwhile, Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin said: "The host nations, where the game first took shape, are eager to welcome millions of fans into legendary stadiums, providing the right stage for a festival of emotions."

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During a recent hard-hat tour of the discrete areas of the museum, including a south-facing research library and a grand entrance lobby, The Times saw a building that was beginning to finally take shape.

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