Synonyms for taken up
tak·en up

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1. haunted, obsessed, preoccupied, taken up(p)adjective

   having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something

   "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman"

   Antonyms:
   unconcerned

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1. Norman Loeb:

   It's excess energy that's being taken up by the planet.

2. Mick Mulvaney:

   From time to time the President would say,' Can I keep this ?' But we had entire teams of people to make sure those documents didn't get left behind, didn't get taken up to the residence. He would use them. That was his right as the President of the United States.

3. Thai Anh Tuan:

   At the height of the harvest, having enough space to create an aisle to walk through the warehouse becomes a luxury, every tiny bit of space will be taken up by these little beans.

4. Pervez Musharraf:

   This case was taken up only due to personal vendetta by some people against me.

5. Todd Rosenbluth:

   There's not a lot of whitespace left that isn't being taken up by passive funds or well-established active funds. Unless it's a fund manager starting up his own shop, the only way for most funds to break in is to market a more sophisticated strategy.