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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
Peter Su, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
The Fountain Valley council’s next step is to weigh options, including hiring a traffic consultant to complete a traffic study — an undertaking that would take nine to 12 months and about $100,000 out of the city’s general fund.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025
Chris Dong, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
That would send Putin a message about the price of undertaking hybrid warfare.
—James Stavridis, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
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Noun
This responsibility transforms a standard account into a high-touch, high-cost compliance undertaking.
—Peter Su, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
The Fountain Valley council’s next step is to weigh options, including hiring a traffic consultant to complete a traffic study — an undertaking that would take nine to 12 months and about $100,000 out of the city’s general fund.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
Air France, for its part, is undertaking a full-cabin makeover that adds business-class suites clad in sumptuous full-grain French leather.
—Chris Dong, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
That would send Putin a message about the price of undertaking hybrid warfare.
—James Stavridis, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undertaking
Noun
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Ballard has done a lot of remodeling since then, yet his latest endeavor is easily his most expensive.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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And hopefully the administration will be a good partner in that endeavor.—
Obed Manuel,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Besides Adebayo, Miami’s only other available center was two-way contract player Vlad Goldin, who arrived from a G-League assignment but did not play.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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Full-time faculty members on 12-month contracts commit to another 192 hours during TCC’s two summer sessions.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This week also saw big news from the quantum startup Quantinuum, and DARPA announced eleven companies advanced to the second stage of its quantum benchmarking initiative, which aims to either validate or invalidate the approaches taken by companies in the program.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The result of this initiative is a less than 5% reduction in our total employee base.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Once, there were two sweet kids who came of age in the evangelical purity culture of the 1990’s, a world in which being LGBTQ+ or accepting anyone who was gay was seen as a sin that could send you straight to hell.—
Kelly Foster Lundquist,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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In 1998, the nonprofit started accepting its first residential patients at 17th and Charlotte.—
Brad Schmitt,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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From its beginning, the leaders of the rebellion well understood the global reach and resonance of their great struggle.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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The historic build-up stands in stark contrast to the United States’ own supply struggles.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Democrats are not ready to cave to GOP pressure to reopen the government without more assurances on health insurance subsidies, and Republicans are not opening the door to further concessions.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Before shelling out a significant portion of their cash for a diamond engagement ring or other fine jewelry, purchasers depended on conventional jewelers for in-person assurance for decades.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Microsoft, which has a dominant position in enterprise software and focuses largely on business customers, wants to build AI capabilities into Office and Windows that can automate complex tasks out of the box.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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His early contributions included work on market-leading data protection products used by Fortune 500 companies (including PGP, a pioneering company in encryption technologies) that safeguarded some of the world’s largest enterprises against accidental and directly malicious data loss.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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With Kevin Gausman, José Berríos (assuming elbow health) and Trey Yesavage pencilled into starting spots next year, the Jays have at least two holes to fill.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Without context, you’d be forgiven for assuming that the Elena in question was not another author’s creation, but Messud’s own.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Undertaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undertaking. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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