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undertake

[uhn-der-tayk] / ˌʌn dərˈteɪk /


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Modern European and American eels undertake extraordinary migrations, traveling thousands of kilometers from freshwater rivers to reproduce in the Sargasso Sea.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

"Our teams undertake regular training and refresher programmes, and we have introduced additional warning signage on bins to discourage people from entering them," it said.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Altus eventually agreed to undertake a reconfiguration project that involved removing and replacing the rapid shutdown devices, and inspecting and replacing mismatched connectors and all wire management, according to the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Smith said being private will make it easier to undertake the transformation they are announcing today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Nathan Hale then spoke up: “I will undertake it.”

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

Point 11 of the MoU detailed that the "United States of America undertakes to make fully available for use the frozen or restricted funds and assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran".

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Every night, he reads murder mysteries to them, a ritual he undertakes primarily for his own pleasure.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

Then last week, the DOJ said it was closing the investigation as the Fed’s inspector general undertakes an inquiry into the renovations — though the Justice Department left open the possibility of restarting its probe.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026

“Accordingly, I have directed my office to close our investigation as the IG undertakes this inquiry.”

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

A Meecham gets the best grades, wins the most awards, excels in sports, is the most popular, and is always found near the top no matter what endeavor he undertakes.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Prosecutors charged Linton under an “implied malice” theory, meaning Linton is guilty if she knew her actions were dangerous to human life but undertook them anyway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"There is certainly no corporation tax to recover. Football clubs lose money and City would have lost more money had it not been for the activities it undertook."

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Concern stems from recent reports that Anthropic blocked use of AI tools to develop bioweapons and that swarms of AI bots autonomously undertook massive hacking operations.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

During Kaur’s tenure as chief financial officer, CEO Elhedery undertook a sweeping overhaul of the business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Then she took out the money she had accumulated over long years of hard labor, made some arrangements with her customers, and undertook the enlargement of the house.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Syngenta said it had undertaken a "detailed review" of its Grangemouth operation prior to the plans being announced.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

That revision was undertaken with analytical rigor: The process took two years, involved 35 agencies, incorporated extensive new and existing research, and elicited over 20,000 comments.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The Times’ reporting on restraining orders was undertaken as part of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund and engagement initiative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

"The charitable work of the duke and duchess is a personal matter for them both and undertaken in their private capacity. In short, their position is akin to private citizens with commercial and charitable interests."

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

When any large operation is undertaken, it is usually a surprise attack against an ally.

From "1984" by George Orwell

The Department of Homeland Security called the undertaking the “largest DHS operation ever” earlier this year on X, with an estimated 2,000 agents deployed to the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

The symphony, unlike this straightforward dish, is said to be an exhausting undertaking, testing the limits of both an orchestra and conductor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Enter Reinsve and Stan, an ideal pair of leads capable of providing the understated, baseline emotion that Mungiu requires to pull off an undertaking as tricky as “Fjord.”

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

"It is well known that in January 2020 the Duke and Duchess stepped down from undertaking representative duties on behalf of the sovereign, and are no longer working members of the royal family," it said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

Wittgenstein’s whole undertaking, as interpreted by the sociologists, is directed at disputing the idea that there can be perception independent of enunciation.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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