as in to accept
to take to or upon oneself
undertook the responsibility of raising the orphaned children as their own
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Recent Examples of undertake
Google undertook successive projects over the last decade to improve Android software support.
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Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2025
There is no doubt that Russia has vast troves of oil and natural gas, but an effort to lure American or other Western energy companies to undertake Russian projects is likely to encounter skepticism, not least because of the companies' recent history in Russia.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
One of the more practical steps to undertake soon is a thorough cleanup of plant debris, weeds and remnant materials from last season.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025
Not refining the budget on paper by playing with numbers, but by being productively smart and undertaking a massive effort of production engineering.
—John Bleasdale, Variety, 21 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2025
There is no doubt that Russia has vast troves of oil and natural gas, but an effort to lure American or other Western energy companies to undertake Russian projects is likely to encounter skepticism, not least because of the companies' recent history in Russia.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
One of the more practical steps to undertake soon is a thorough cleanup of plant debris, weeds and remnant materials from last season.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025
Not refining the budget on paper by playing with numbers, but by being productively smart and undertaking a massive effort of production engineering.
—John Bleasdale, Variety, 21 Feb. 2025
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On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Hamas had refused to accept a proposal from Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, which would extend the ceasefire to April 20, through both the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and the Jewish holiday of Passover.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau began accepting complaints about rental debt collection in August 2023.—
Ana Teresa Solá,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2025
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Bringing It All Together The plug-and-play approach assumes leadership is static.—
Tom Roberts,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) grew 6.6 percent to €528 million ($571 million) when assuming constant exchange rates.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Mar. 2025
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In the meantime, powerful and wealthy health care industry groups are really just vying to shoulder the least pain if and when the real cuts come.—
Caitlin Owens,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Knicks’ captain shoulders the NBA’s heaviest load in crunch time.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Undertake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undertake. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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