- present participle of undertake.
undertaking
Example Sentences
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Moving a six-ton stone over such a vast distance would have been an enormous undertaking for Neolithic communities.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
Dislodging that is an enormous undertaking, requiring not just an alternative currency but an alternative legal system, an alternative deep capital market, and an alternative security architecture.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
Parsons said that the club would be "undertaking an internal review to ensure that all facts and context are properly understood".
From BBC • May 19, 2026
The company now has a team of three people working on an AI adviser project, he said, adding that historically an undertaking like that would have required 10 to 15 people.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Though long-distance travel in antiquity was never a trivial undertaking, a summer voyage to Egypt would have been a pleasant journey.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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