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take stock in
Trust, believe, attach importance to, as in He exaggerates so much that I don't take stock in anything he says. This term uses stock in the sense of “capital.” [Second half of 1800s]
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Congress authorized the government to take stock in companies through the International Development Finance Corp., which has made some rare earths deals.
Congress authorized the government to take stock in companies through the International Development Finance Corp., which has made some rare earths deals.
The artist says the show at Selwyn has been an opportunity to stop and take stock — in this case, of the still lifes he began to paint after he learned that his viral load was undetectable.
“We have to take stock in the common denominator in all of these tragedies. … When we’re talking about mass shootings, and the killing of people quickly and without warning, we’re talking about assault weapons. And that’s why we’re here today. We’re here to say enough is enough,” said state Sen. Patty Kuderer, D-Bellevue, who brought up the recent massacres at schools in Uvalde, Texas and Nashville, Tennessee.
He said he plans to take stock in December when he may then finally apply the handbrake on a remarkable career.
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