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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
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
Rohl began his coaching career at RB Leipzig, undertaking several roles such as a video analyst, youth coach, and assistant manager of the first team.
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Nnamdi Onyeagwara,
New York Times,
17 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
This flexibility could allow navies to rapidly expand their defensive capabilities without undertaking expensive modernization programs.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
Rohl began his coaching career at RB Leipzig, undertaking several roles such as a video analyst, youth coach, and assistant manager of the first team.
—
Nnamdi Onyeagwara,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undertaking
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At a university famous for its role in left-wing activism during the 1960s free speech movement and anti-Vietnam War protests, Pelosi vows to promote a nonpartisan academic endeavor.
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Unfortunately, the pursuit of longevity—like so much else in American life—is increasingly an individualistic endeavor.
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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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Since, the Eagles Autism Foundation has raised more than $56 million because of initiatives like the annual Eagles Autism Challenge.
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Women build communities, launch initiatives, and create coalitions on shoestring budgets while the institutional resources that would let those efforts scale remain largely inaccessible.
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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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This potential confidence-as-assurance issue has increased as digital assets become more integrated with payments, trading, tax reporting, and anti-money-laundering programs.
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The new powers would also include information from third parties, such as age assurance technology providers, to test claims made by the platforms about how those under 16 continued to circumvent the ban, the statement said.
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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 3 Jul. 2026.
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