as in assumed
to take to or upon oneself
undertook the responsibility of raising the orphaned children as their own
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Recent Examples of undertook
Gardin was intuitively interested in class, and undertook census-like studies, along the lines of August Sander’s taxonomy of social types, of Italians from all parts of society at work and in their homes.
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Max Norman, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
The State Department undertook a similar maneuver in July, blocking the issuance of new visas for unspecified PA/PLO officials.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 29 Aug. 2025
The deal, rumored for months, comes after Walgreens, which had a market value of more than $100 billion a decade ago, undertook a failed in-store clinic rollout that led it to close hundreds of stores to reduce debt and stem financial losses.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Coroners undertook a campaign last year to open a forensic center in eastern Idaho, as a kind of co-op with several remote, rural counties.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2025
The organization undertook its first high-profile advocacy effort the following year by exposing the cruel treatment of monkeys in a Maryland research lab.
—Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In response, Republicans undertook extraordinary measures to try to force them home, including filing lawsuits to remove them from office and issuing arrest warrants.
—Joseph Ax, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
In 2005, Octagon undertook a new project for its Olympic athlete clients dubbed Sick Tricks, consisting of video that snowboarders and skateboarders filmed of themselves performing dangerous stunts.
—Daniel Kaplan, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
Last year the organization undertook some experiments to test how much language models understood their inner workings.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
Max Norman, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
The State Department undertook a similar maneuver in July, blocking the issuance of new visas for unspecified PA/PLO officials.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 29 Aug. 2025
The deal, rumored for months, comes after Walgreens, which had a market value of more than $100 billion a decade ago, undertook a failed in-store clinic rollout that led it to close hundreds of stores to reduce debt and stem financial losses.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Coroners undertook a campaign last year to open a forensic center in eastern Idaho, as a kind of co-op with several remote, rural counties.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2025
The organization undertook its first high-profile advocacy effort the following year by exposing the cruel treatment of monkeys in a Maryland research lab.
—Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In response, Republicans undertook extraordinary measures to try to force them home, including filing lawsuits to remove them from office and issuing arrest warrants.
—Joseph Ax, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
In 2005, Octagon undertook a new project for its Olympic athlete clients dubbed Sick Tricks, consisting of video that snowboarders and skateboarders filmed of themselves performing dangerous stunts.
—Daniel Kaplan, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
Last year the organization undertook some experiments to test how much language models understood their inner workings.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undertook
Verb
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The fire is assumed to have been sparked by lightning.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Normally, such readers are assumed to be older.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Novak walked the red carpet and accepted the honor onstage in a dramatic white gown with a silvery overlay.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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That way, when you are accepted, you are accepted voluntarily, because people appreciate you and respect you and want you, not because you have been shoved down their throats.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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To be a real man, according to this content, young adolescent boys are expected to be tall and broad-shouldered with bulging biceps, pronounced trapezius muscles, and washboard abs.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
4 Sep. 2025
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Part of these costs is being shouldered by home insurers, who have paid millions in claims in recent years to policyholders affected by hurricanes, wildfires, and flooding across the country.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Undertook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undertook. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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