In a sentence
Six example sentences with undertaking, each labelled with its topic.
Rebuilding the cathedral roof was an undertaking of eleven years, three hundred oaks, and a workshop built on site.
Architecture
Draining the eastern marshes became the largest undertaking of the century, employing nine thousand labourers for two decades.
History
Merging two airlines is a five-year undertaking, and most of the difficulty lies in the baggage systems, not the planes.
Business
Sequencing the human genome was an undertaking of thirteen years and several thousand scientists on two continents.
Science
Replanting the mangrove coast is an undertaking of decades, with each seedling set by hand at low tide.
Environment
Recording all thirty-two sonatas in a single year was an undertaking the pianist compared to running a marathon monthly.
Music
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