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undertaking

[uhn-der-tey-king, uhn-der-tey-, uhn-der-tey-king] / ˌʌn dərˈteɪ kɪŋ, ˈʌn dərˌteɪ-, ˈʌn dərˌteɪ kɪŋ /


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Selling a family home isn’t just a financial undertaking — it’s also emotional.

From MarketWatch

With nearly 70 years to cover, and generations of in-house studio musicians and writers, as well as those visiting recording stars, it’s an ambitious undertaking.

From The Wall Street Journal

As they left the site, Arnault, visibly energized by the scale of the undertaking, turned to Beccari, smiled and tapped him on the arm.

From The Wall Street Journal

But his thoughtful undertaking, and his imaginative synthesis of anecdote with history, lived religion with theology, always located in the particular, offers a fresh look at some unchanging human concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal

And yet his abandoned undertaking is also a mischievous explosion of a storytelling format, a knowing critique of this most-wanted genre’s longstanding tropes: the eerie credit sequences, montages and music cues.

From Los Angeles Times