as in to accept
to take to or upon oneself
undertook the responsibility of raising the orphaned children as their own
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Previous versions rocking a jointed spine have been shipped off to universities for research purposes, and others have undertaken inspection duties at industrial sites in Poland as well as getting inside heating distribution tunnels and water/sewage canals in Poznań city.
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Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
In response, the agency undertook a deep transformation, hiring experienced first responders to administer the agency.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024
For example, the ATSDR has undertaken studies in Region 1 (southern New Hampshire) of public and private water supplies that nearby factory discharges may have contaminated.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2024
In the hours that followed, her team undertook an operation that was less an improvisation than a culmination of years spent cultivating allies, including some forty-seven hundred delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
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Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
In response, the agency undertook a deep transformation, hiring experienced first responders to administer the agency.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024
For example, the ATSDR has undertaken studies in Region 1 (southern New Hampshire) of public and private water supplies that nearby factory discharges may have contaminated.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2024
In the hours that followed, her team undertook an operation that was less an improvisation than a culmination of years spent cultivating allies, including some forty-seven hundred delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
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Four years ago, Donald Trump became the first president in American history to refuse to accept the results of a presidential election, and to do everything in his power to try to overturn the will of the people.ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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If my dad had accepted my grandparents and extended family wanted to see us, their actual family, none of this would have happened.Erin Clack, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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But that’s a challenging role to assume when Americans can’t agree on what the basic truth even is.Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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The workers assumed a train hit the deer, and a local taxidermist provided a shoulder mount of the buck.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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Popular on Variety That’s a lot to pin on a largely solo character study, though a performance of extraordinary composure and layering by Joana Santos shoulders the task.Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
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The signing of Cristiano Ronaldo shouldered a heavy burden on the club’s accounts, with the Portuguese star costing Juve some ¢33m-per-season in wages.Emmet Gates, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Undertake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undertake. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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