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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
Eric Kohn, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
But Sunday’s finale began by revealing Fielder had been withholding a crucial piece of information throughout the prior episodes, one that reframes his entire undertaking.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 26 May 2025
Peter Cohan, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
While their public engagements are more limited than normal, the King is undertaking private engagements, as well.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Lapid has long cast a critical gaze on his country with celebrated works such as Policeman and Syndromes, but Yes marks his first undertaking since the Oct. 7 attack.
—Eric Kohn, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
But Sunday’s finale began by revealing Fielder had been withholding a crucial piece of information throughout the prior episodes, one that reframes his entire undertaking.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 26 May 2025
Verb
Of 200 to 300 generative AI experiments the typical large company is undertaking, some 10 to 15 result in widespread internal rollouts, and perhaps one or two get released to customers, according to the Globe.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
While their public engagements are more limited than normal, the King is undertaking private engagements, as well.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undertaking
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However, transitioning to smaller nodes is a costly and complicated endeavor.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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While appearing on the podcast, Markle weighed in on whether her experience with acting helped her in her role in her latest endeavor.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2025
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Zhou pointed out that besides expanding the range of hedging products for international institutions, those contracts increase the influence of the yuan in the global commodity pricing system.—
Lee Ying Shan,Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
25 June 2025
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Low-cost home internet with AT&T AT&T Access is low-cost internet from AT&T Fiber for $30 a month with no equipment fees, deposits or contracts.—
Kara McGinley,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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For 16 years, with a brief respite during President Trump’s first term, the military drifted into a laboratory for progressive priorities -- diversity quotas, climate initiatives, and gender policies that sapped readiness and lethality.—
Matt Schoenfeldt,
National Review,
21 June 2025
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Beaumont’s also turned out to be an ideal site for fundraising initiatives, whether distributing fliers at the restaurant, talking to guests or giving customers the option to round up their bills to help the cause.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 June 2025
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The administration has tried other novel ways to remove immigrants and pressure their home countries into accepting them.—
Albert Sun,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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Soriano, who awaits sentencing, also previously pleaded guilty to accepting gifts from another defense contractor, Cambridge International Systems Inc.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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Consumers are putting values first — even at a time of economic struggle.—
Alexandra Pastore,
Footwear News,
17 June 2025
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Related article Two mysterious fast radio bursts originated from wildly different places in space The inability to detect roughly half of the cosmos’ ordinary matter led to a decades-long cosmology struggle called the missing baryon problem.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 June 2025
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That’s far more than hollow audit committee charters, toothless assurance models and self-congratulatory periodic reporting.—
Noah Barsky,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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Student loan borrowers enrolled in the federal Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan reported unexpected increases in their loan balances, despite government assurances that no interest would accrue during their forbearance period.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
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Conclusion WordPress empowers enterprises to achieve digital excellence.—
Meeky Hwang,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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And so the government wants to be firm that the face of the enterprise is the individual who gets in trouble.—
Lauryn Overhultz , Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2025
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At the same time, Representative Newt Gingrich from Georgia was already in ascent, assuming the position of House Minority Whip in March 1989.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Instead of assuming what people want or need, AI and machine learning analyze actual data and recommend alternatives based on individual situations.—
Alison Coleman,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Undertaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undertaking. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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