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undertake

[uhn-der-tayk] / ˌʌn dərˈteɪk /


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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

“We undertake detailed public research and build our products in partnership with educators based on rigorous learning science, while giving teachers and administrators control,” Google said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"Our teams undertake regular training and refresher programmes, and we have introduced additional warning signage on bins to discourage people from entering them," it said.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Altus eventually agreed to undertake a reconfiguration project that involved removing and replacing the rapid shutdown devices, and inspecting and replacing mismatched connectors and all wire management, according to the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

I, whose prowess in the water barely transcended a doggy paddle, undertake a swim of such scale that it could be traced on the map!

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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

The visit came as part of Royal Week in Scotland, where the royal family undertakes a series of engagements north of the border.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

The FTC today enforces some 80 statutes that cover “almost every facet of the Nation’s economy, and the tasks it undertakes are ‘the very essence of “execution” of the law,’” the Chief writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Every night, he reads murder mysteries to them, a ritual he undertakes primarily for his own pleasure.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

A Meecham gets the best grades, wins the most awards, excels in sports, is the most popular, and is always found near the top no matter what endeavor he undertakes.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

In all, she undertook three spacewalks on August 18 and 25, and September 1.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 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

And then in 2017 Disney undertook its biggest ESPN-funded challenge yet, spending many billions to construct a streaming service to directly challenge Netflix—the company’s biggest strategic bet of the decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

He undertook other surprising tasks in our household, too, on his own incentive.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

That revision was undertaken with analytical rigor: The process took two years, involved 35 agencies, incorporated extensive new and existing research, and elicited over 20,000 comments.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The Times’ reporting on restraining orders was undertaken as part of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund and engagement initiative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Researchers say it is the most comprehensive examination of a national community of slave traders ever undertaken.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Jailed since 2021, Chow has undertaken a hunger strike every June to commemorate the 1989 anniversary.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Soon after the Civil War, the Freedmen’s Bureau established schools for blacks, a task also undertaken by many churches and missionary societies.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Given Mr. Dimon’s track record of persuasiveness, he could engage his fellow business leaders to support a nonpartisan undertaking like this.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Department of Homeland Security called the undertaking the “largest DHS operation ever” earlier this year on X, with an estimated 2,000 agents deployed to the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 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

The King is "grateful to all those undertaking academic work in this area and thus contributing to the debate about how such issues might best be addressed".

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Stanislavski wrote that an actor should try to imagine an artist undertaking a “delicate pencil sketch.”

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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