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undertaken

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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 The prosecution of Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, announced Friday, is the latest in a series of splashy and politically charged investigative actions the Justice Department has undertaken in the run-up to next week’s midterm elections. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026 Like his boss back in Washington, Kushner had undertaken an ambitious makeover of his temporary home, funded largely by donations from French businesspeople. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 The decisions made and actions undertaken over the next decade will shape the space environment for generations to come. — David Zamora, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Moving from laboratory production to commercial volumes requires companies to maintain yields while controlling costs, a process Spiber has already undertaken for Brewed Protein. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026 This is not the only project the Bezos couple has undertaken regarding endangered species. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 Oct. 2026 Some recent projects undertaken by the organization raised red flags, say the board. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The bassist and singer underwent an aortic valve replacement, which are undertaken to treat one of the valves that controls blood flow to the heart when damaged or diseased. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 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

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Internationally, a United Nations resolution on geographical names says that when countries sharing a feature can’t agree on a common name, each country’s name is accepted.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
After Israel accepted its meager portion, Arabs attacked and retained a significant part of the land that was to be divided between Jews and Arabs.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026

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Each has assumed a new place of influence within the Democratic Party over the last two years, filling a power vacuum created by President Joe Biden’s exit from the political stage.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2026
Notably, Republican voters’ approval of Congress has dropped from 53% shortly after the GOP assumed control of Washington to 29% today.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026

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