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undertake

[uhn-der-tayk] / ˌʌn dərˈteɪk /


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The Cabinet Office said it would also undertake a wider review of workplace conflict and resolution across Whitehall within a year.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

"You have to invest more money, undertake much greater maintenance efforts, and that also means more demanding technical requirements," Juan Carlos Guajardo, founder of the Chilean consultancy Plusmining, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

BAS, which led this new research, says it is "one of the most extreme places in the world to undertake fieldwork".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Modern European and American eels undertake extraordinary migrations, traveling thousands of kilometers from freshwater rivers to reproduce in the Sargasso Sea.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

I wrote “brave” in one of those first notebooks too, because I realized that this wasn’t a person for whom change came easily, even though he was about to undertake a world of it.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Unitree’s humanoid robots can walk, run and climb and “can imitate & reinforce the learning drive” said the company, referring to algorithms that train the robot’s artificial intelligence as it undertakes tasks.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

In the memorandum of understanding, the United States undertakes to "terminate all types of sanctions against" Iran, and to "make fully available for use the frozen or restricted funds and assets" of Iran.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

The eleventh point of the document notes that the US "undertakes to make fully available frozen or restricted funds" once the MoU is signed and that procedures will be agreed upon during negotiations.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

When the next president swears an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” he undertakes both to obey the Constitution and to remove threats to it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

There are normally twelve girls in the house, counting the old ones, a Greek cook, and a man who is known as a watchman but who undertakes all manner of delicate and dangerous tasks.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

Boeing, which expects to commence 737 MAX 10 deliveries in 2027, said it undertook more than 2,000 hours of flight testing and supplied tens of thousands of pages of documentation.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Prosecutors charged Linton under an “implied malice” theory, meaning Linton is guilty if she knew her actions were dangerous to human life but undertook them anyway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Concern stems from recent reports that Anthropic blocked use of AI tools to develop bioweapons and that swarms of AI bots autonomously undertook massive hacking operations.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

TOKYO—Japan spent a record $98.7 billion to prop up the yen in the past month, as it undertook rare coordinated action with the U.S. to stabilize the currency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Fired with a housewifely wish to see her storeroom stocked with homemade preserves, she undertook to put up her own currant jelly.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

This sentence could refer to any number of actions undertaken by the department in recent months.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

Investors have at times been hesitant to support the spending spree that Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has undertaken to transform Meta into an AI company, repeatedly pushing him to see near-term returns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

"It’s not an issue that can be solved with a law or a regulatory change. It’s a systematic effort that has to be undertaken," said Guajardo.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

"We have inspected the area with Natural Resources Wales and they have undertaken liaison with the Coal Authority – we are satisfied there is no requirement for any further action to be taken," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

I hadn’t gone far before I realized that I had undertaken a tough job.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

She has them scaling her Denver house on a zip line, performing a magic show or undertaking surgery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

They were undertaking an exercise called Combat Spirit, which formed the final part of four courses to qualify for Armoured Infantry.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Evans also has a biotech start-up, Haemanthus, which is developing laser-based technology to analyze biological samples, an undertaking with echoes of Holmes’ failed blood-testing company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

But more than anything, he wants to understand Holmes as much as one person can possibly understand another — a patently impossible yet all-too-enticing undertaking.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

His employer had commanded him to withdraw from the charrette, claiming that it was too radical an undertaking and would reflect badly on the company.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson


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