- present participle of undertake.
undertaking
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For at least a year her life "revolved" around trying to recover from their relationship, and she says managing the impact on her mental health will be a lifelong undertaking.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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
“Student housing is a new undertaking for LACCD, and the District is learning from each step of this work,” Hidalgo said in an email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
To enter them, we would somehow have to penetrate a fourth physical dimension—not an easy undertaking, surely, but perhaps a black hole would provide a way.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
"Ofwat has formally accepted an enforceable package of undertakings from Severn Trent Water to ensure the company returns to compliance," a spokesperson said.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
There were more than 70 undertakings that delivered annual income of about $1 million or more, ranging from golf clubs to legal settlements, and from crypto businesses to licensing deals.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
As hotels benefit from the exposure, film-crew takeovers can be logistically complicated undertakings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
"Recent decisions were bound by certain undertakings and my resignation enables the Adelaide Festival, as an organisation, to refresh its leadership and its approach to these circumstances," she said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
Teaching such an ancient Sapiens English, persuading him of the truth of Christian dogma, or getting him to understand the theory of evolution would probably have been hopeless undertakings.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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