as in assumes
to take to or upon oneself
undertook the responsibility of raising the orphaned children as their own
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Recent Examples of undertakes
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Katie Stockton, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
For now, Jimmy Choo remains under the Capri umbrella, as the company also undertakes to reinvigorate its core Michael Kors brand.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
Next, traceback either leverages the STIR/SHAKEN attestation framework, which immediately identifies the source network, or undertakes queries at each upstream CSP in the call's transmission chain until the originating CSP and its customer are identified.
—Peter Ford, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called a meeting on Thursday to discuss efforts to avoid harming the hostages still held in Gaza when the Israeli military undertakes its ground operation in the coming days.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Riefenstahl deftly undertakes the type of media autopsy usually reserved for the most fiendish of true crime cover-ups.
—Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Yvonee grounds Thompson throughout Aronofsky’s glorious character study on a small town kid who must grapple with a brutal series of events that undertakes his sensibilities.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
As Christian undertakes the next leg of his training, his siblings are also gearing up for a new school year.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The component undertakes its internal mathematical and computational effort and then goes out of its way to purposely produce tokens so that the rest of the assembly line functions based on language.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Katie Stockton, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
For now, Jimmy Choo remains under the Capri umbrella, as the company also undertakes to reinvigorate its core Michael Kors brand.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
Next, traceback either leverages the STIR/SHAKEN attestation framework, which immediately identifies the source network, or undertakes queries at each upstream CSP in the call's transmission chain until the originating CSP and its customer are identified.
—Peter Ford, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called a meeting on Thursday to discuss efforts to avoid harming the hostages still held in Gaza when the Israeli military undertakes its ground operation in the coming days.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Riefenstahl deftly undertakes the type of media autopsy usually reserved for the most fiendish of true crime cover-ups.
—Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Yvonee grounds Thompson throughout Aronofsky’s glorious character study on a small town kid who must grapple with a brutal series of events that undertakes his sensibilities.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
As Christian undertakes the next leg of his training, his siblings are also gearing up for a new school year.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The component undertakes its internal mathematical and computational effort and then goes out of its way to purposely produce tokens so that the rest of the assembly line functions based on language.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undertakes
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Downcoding based only on that knowledge assumes that an office visit for a certain set of diagnoses has a ceiling of complexity, regardless of the patient’s medical history and the realities of what actually occurred during that visit.—
Kenzi Abou-Sabe,
NBC news,
9 Oct. 2025
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Too often, technology assumes the material world will keep pace with ambition.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Oct. 2025
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The school is a part of Milwaukee's School of Choice voucher program, and accepts students from all faiths and backgrounds, but is still rooted in its heritage as an Islamic institution.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Drawn in by her fortune and allure, Calvin accepts an invitation aboard her superyacht Eternity, only to realize her glamorous world hides sinister secrets.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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Even as Redd shoulders the weight of her past, this new chapter is filled with joy.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 Oct. 2025
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While the rest of the film is populated with stars, including not only DiCaprio but Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Regina Hall, and Benicio del Toro, Infiniti, a newcomer to film, shoulders the brunt of the film’s emotional arc.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Undertakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undertakes. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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