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undertake

[uhn-der-teyk] / ˌʌn dərˈteɪk /


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Rivas wanted reassurance that district staff had made sure that these projects are the right ones to undertake.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

If a new queen survives until her first brood emerges as adult workers, though, then the odds are in her favour as she no longer needs to undertake risky foraging.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

"The oil sector is only one part of the immense reconstruction we must undertake in Venezuela," she said in a video statement.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

He wants them able to undertake "sophisticated challenges" in areas such as public protection and the delivery of social work interventions.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

I therefore continued to stand there awkwardly, waiting for my employer to give me permission to undertake the motoring trip.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Mr. Statham, a not infrequently delightful actor whose main weakness is an inability to say no to mediocre projects, undertakes the usual heroic killing spree in “Mutiny,” a brief, reasonably compelling but shamelessly workmanlike feature.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

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

“I can answer for every thing of that nature, sir, because it will be under Mrs. Weston’s care. Mrs. Weston undertakes to direct the whole.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

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

"We undertook this study to determine if vanillin, a flavor chemical often used in e-cigarettes at high concentrations, could adversely affect the development of young embryos in humans."

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

He undertook a de-radicalisation programme and now delivers counter-extremism sessions around the UK.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

What his sons and their contemporaries undertook, instead, was a massive spring clean of musical style and a project to celebrate not earnestness but wit, not inventiveness but elegance, not piety but beauty.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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

Researchers say it is the most comprehensive examination of a national community of slave traders ever undertaken.

From BBC Sep. 14, 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

Experiments have been undertaken by the British in the hope that the method could be used against the tsetse fly in Rhodesia.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

"Being able to put this new community supermarket in the heart of Chatham... is fantastic and will undoubtedly support the wider work we are undertaking," she said.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

"We don't want Australia to become a safe haven for people who are undertaking foreign interference on behalf of other countries," Barrett said.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Adding them to more than 800 single-aisle jets that operate most domestic flights will be an expensive undertaking.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

He made a pot of dough in the undertaking business after he got out of Pencey.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger




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