- past tense form of undertake.
undertook
Americanverb
verb
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Most of the spending the Biden administration undertook was related to COVID, including financial assistance for households affected by the pandemic, which I don’t recall provoked much backlash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Dr Shahbazi undertook her PhD at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, before joining the University of Cambridge as a post-doctoral fellow and then the LMB in 2020.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Oil and gas extraction, however, weakened for a third month in row with a decrease in oil sands activity as some facilities in northern Alberta undertook maintenance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Boeing, which expects to commence 737 MAX 10 deliveries in 2027, said it undertook more than 2,000 hours of flight testing and supplied tens of thousands of pages of documentation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Girls completed a two-hour hike, whereas boys undertook a three-day cross-country hike.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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