undertaking
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Generally it refers to undertaking an action in accordance with certain principles or values decided by an individual.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits in recent weeks has remained low, suggesting that employers aren’t undertaking major layoffs in the wake of the latest Middle East conflict.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Rearmament on the scale Germany is now undertaking has required a major change in the way the country thinks about its defence, and about the place of the armed forces in society.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
“Songwriting is a difficult undertaking that gets harder and harder because you have to top your past work,” Sedaka told The Times in 1996.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
It is far and away the most ambitious undertaking in the history of European music.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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