UNDERTAKEN Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

undertaken

verb

past participle of undertake

as in accepted

to take to or upon oneself undertook the responsibility of raising the orphaned children as their own

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Recent Examples of undertaken Instead, Waymo has undertaken a somewhat manic effort to bring the public around. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 These are some of the longest-running cohort (or group) studies ever undertaken, aimed at tracking how diet and lifestyle affect long-term health and disease risk. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Tankers have undertaken ship-to-ship transfers as a means of evading possible attack. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 Each undertaken by expert staff with the assistance of essential oils and exceptional products. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Public health officials have undertaken an extensive response. — Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026 The source added that Al-Hammami had not undertaken any pilot training as part of his course. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026 In 2024, independent experts who visited the site reported that no climate resilience assessment was undertaken. — Mamita Bhandari, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026 But members of the city’s police union gathered Tuesday to reiterate their calls for the probe and to call on Ganim to place him on administrative leave while the review is undertaken. — Reginald David, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026

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Harris accepted, then asked to co-write the screenplay despite never having tackled a feature script.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Araiza had already punted, but the Raiders accepted the penalty and pushed the Chiefs back into a fourth-and-9.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

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Bloomsbury Publishing, which assumed control of the book after merging with Bourne’s previous publisher, returned the rights to the author.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Industry Has Already Faced This Problem Industrial automation has never assumed that instruments, controllers or operators will always behave correctly.

— Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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