Read the sentences from Passage 1. "The oil business had grown complicated and expensive, so some smaller companies were glad to sell. But
others felt forced to sell. Rockefeller assumed control of 22 of those refineries in early 1872." (paragraph 2)
T thought
it in a new
Drs. In
stalled
ment, the
mt of the oil
and tank
Which phrase could replace the word assumed and keep the same meaning?
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6 thought of
took over
0
asked for
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went to each
their
pensive, so
forced to
-s in early
to do it in