Example sentences for: takeover

How can you use “takeover” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • From the early '50s until a federal takeover in 1989, racketeers dominated the Teamsters.

  • 6. "French oil company Elf Aquitaine made a $51 billion counterbid this week to acquire competitor TotalFina, which had previously announced a hostile takeover attempt on Elf.

  • Culebra was known as the Spanish Virgin Island until the American takeover — it lies halfway between Puerto Rico and St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands.

  • The company board voted Thursday afternoon to end the takeover, which had already been approved by both sets of stockholders and which would have created the nation's largest military contractor.

  • Iwasaki's careful respect for the Long Beach program and its lawyers earned him the political capital he needed to complete his takeover in a matter of weeks.


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