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undertaken

adjective as in set in motion

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This is a credit to the hard work of our county and local elections officials who moved quickly to undertake and complete such a momentous task in a short period of time.

Then the herculean journey from warehouse freezer to rolled-up sleeve must be undertaken all over again — to deliver the second booster shot a month later.

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McNab’s group is still undertaking legal action to try and undo the measure.

The commissioners are on the brink of undertaking major reforms to Maine’s public defense system.

You don’t need to convince someone you know to undertake a wild adventure—you can find someone who dreams of the same adventure, and make friends that way.

Experts agree that much will depend on the measures undertaken both by the United States and Cuba.

But were Americans ever so worked up about the practice that they demanded it not be undertaken in their name?

In a historic visit in 2012, Barack Obama hailed the “remarkable journey” the country had undertaken.

Correction: The original article stated that Starboard Strategic Inc. had undertaken the Internet media buy for the NRA.

They are believed to have been staying in the big house while renovations are undertaken.

After the battle was over General Lawton declared that it was the toughest contest they had yet undertaken in this war.

Such as this translation is I offer it with diffidence, realising that I have undertaken a difficult task.

The work has been undertaken by an English company, and the necessary measurements already begun.

It seemed to Jess Morse as though no other piece of writing could ever be so enthralling as this she had undertaken.

Truly these were strange journeys, undertaken at the age of nearly a hundred and forty years!

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to undertaken, such as: attempted, begun, initiated, launched, started, and tackled.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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