- present participle of undertake.
undertaking
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The Takaichi administration is undertaking a major update of the national defence strategy this year in the face of China's expanding military ambitions.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Meta is undertaking its own chip program, while Amazon, Google and Microsoft all house their own custom AI chip operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, now Metro’s chair, declared the city ready to host this massive undertaking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The only comparable alternative would involve sending spacecraft directly to another star, an undertaking that would require enormous amounts of time and money.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Meanwhile, throughout the 1950s oceanographers were undertaking more and more sophisticated surveys of the ocean floors.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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In some ways, the nature of our undertakings is similar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
They need to be able to talk with customers, assess the ethics of new undertakings and prototype projects with a design-oriented mindset.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 11, 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
Civil rights cases in particular are complex undertakings usually lasting years.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2025
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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