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as in initiative
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as in accepting
to take to or upon oneself
undertook the responsibility of raising the orphaned children as their own
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Recent Examples of undertaking
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
The huge undertaking with not one but five companies in charge meant a lot of cooks in the kitchen.
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Lauren Victory,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
My intention in undertaking such a capacious view of Black maternal separation is not to find new ways to highlight the wounds of Black mothers.
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Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Noun
Getting the new business ready for launch was a significant undertaking.
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Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
The huge undertaking with not one but five companies in charge meant a lot of cooks in the kitchen.
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Lauren Victory,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
Verb
One imagines the narrator of the Proclaimers’ most maniacal hit undertaking their 500-mile journey with a double dose of Vyvanse.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
My intention in undertaking such a capacious view of Black maternal separation is not to find new ways to highlight the wounds of Black mothers.
—
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undertaking
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The vast majority of Wilkins’ X feed is devoted to taking MAGA positions, and not to promoting her musical endeavors, as an activist taking stands for the NRA and other organizations.
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Processing data, cross-pollinating ideas, and managing people are equally skills and physiological endeavors.
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The spacecraft that will attempt to rescue the Swift Observatory was developed by Katalyst Space, an aerospace company based in Flagstaff, Arizona, which was awarded the $30 million contract in September 2025.
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The bidding process that won AllHere the contract had concluded months before the Carvalho travel to Washington.
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Together with piecemeal tax increases, the framework left little room for big policy initiatives requiring meaningful spending.
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Ongoing initiatives will address attendance and ongoing chronic absenteeism, Watkins said.
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The executive is no longer simply accepting part of a compensation package.
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That means engaging in deliberate experimentation, accepting some trial and error around service delivery, pricing, workflows, and talent models.
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Thomas, 25, has seen limited playing time this season due to some offensive struggles.
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Carvalho’s struggles included a three-day strike in March 2023.
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Rubio’s separate negotiations are designed to empower the beleaguered Lebanese government and provide Israel with enough assurance to withdraw.
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The brand on the report is no longer sufficient assurance.
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The wine and winegrape industries are billion-dollar enterprises in California, and the state produces the vast majority of American wine.
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Balazs has also helped expand Adobe's enterprise AI capabilities through initiatives that allow organizations to embed brand standards directly into creative workflows.
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People also tend to confuse fragrance intensity with cleanliness, assuming a strong smell means a deeper clean.
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Investors will take riskier positions, assuming the central bank will save them from their own mistakes.
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“Undertaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undertaking. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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