undergo
Usage
What is another way to say undergo?
Undergo usually refers to the bearing or enduring of something hard, difficult, disagreeable, or dangerous: to undergo severe hardships, an operation. Experience implies being affected by what one meets with: to experience a change of heart, bitter disappointment.
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The Grade II listed arts venue is to undergo a £231m overhaul, including the development of a climate-controlled habitat to support plant health.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
For years to come, World Liberty will undergo routine examinations of its books, risk management and internal controls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The same logic dictates the "forced march" the hopefuls must undergo -- the final exercise required to earn the paratrooper's beret.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Police assigned to airports must also undergo training on “constitutional limits regarding police encounters at airports.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
People, he said, will willingly undergo the severest suffering in order to free themselves from oppression.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
While Perez undergoes treatment, the family is trying to figure out what could have triggered the mental health crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
For about a year, the patient undergoes treatment, which is a combination of the therapeutic vaccine, intismeran autogene, and Keytruda, the world’s top-selling cancer drug.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Wednesday’s meeting is under particular scrutiny as the BI undergoes a leadership transition following the departure of long-serving Gov. Perry Warjiyo, who stepped down in July citing personal reasons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
But every spring and summer, it undergoes a remarkable transformation, with large areas turning a vivid turquoise.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Rosie comes to a stop about twenty feet down the hippodrome track and Marlena undergoes a change that defies belief.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
She underwent a second surgery the day after that, with surgeons removing most of the tumour during a 10-hour procedure, where it was confirmed to be a pilocytic astrocytoma.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Crimson underwent multiple bandaging and bracing techniques to aid his limb development.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The 27-year-old Russian-Australian citizen underwent "military-style" training in Russia and later joined the Ukrainian armed forces, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett told a news conference.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Tarik Skubal underwent the procedure as a college freshman and Boston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet had it in 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church underwent renovations, and most of our members met weekly for worship at the nearby L. R. Hall Auditorium.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
This is a huge challenge in a country that has undergone three decades of unprecedented social and economic change.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Chipotle has undergone a similar shift, now offering a “high protein menu,” with some bowls made in collaboration with major athletes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
The tour comes after a rare period of rest and relaxation for Usher, who recently revealed to Architectural Digest that he had undergone surgery on his knee earlier this year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
At least 200 people have undergone amputations -- almost half of whom are minors -- according to the NGO Dos Santos Foundation, which is raising funds for prosthetics.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
It felt to him as if he had just undergone some powerful rites of passage and now belonged to the western mountains instead of to the East Coast, fair-haired college culture.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
The 23-year-old, who has fallen to 121st in the world since undergoing elbow surgery last year, will meet France's Clara Burel next.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
A global symbol of parties and celebrations but an environmental headache, the humble balloon is undergoing a green revolution thanks to UK researchers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
The Hiroshima University team set out to determine whether oral health was also associated with how long patients survived after undergoing resection, the surgical removal of all or part of an organ, for PDAC.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
“Los Angeles County’s film and television economy is already undergoing a significant structural contraction,” the report said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The principal targets of physical or chemical mutagenic agents are cells that are undergoing especially active division.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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