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.
Example Sentences
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We didn’t want to usurp public resources to undergo a new inspection.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Pilots typically are required to undergo a medical screening at least once a year but face suspension of their licenses if they receive certain mental-health diagnoses or are prescribed related medication.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
HMS Agamemnon will undergo sea trials and operational preparation after reaching HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
When materials undergo major changes, such as water boiling or a magnet losing its magnetism, very different systems can sometimes start behaving according to the same mathematical rules.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
I told her what the doctors had told me: I would have to undergo several surgeries and months of physical therapy, but my face would eventually improve.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
If a project could cause significant environmental harm that can’t easily be avoided, it undergoes a more detailed environmental review that examines its potential impacts and alternatives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The memorial undergoes regular year-round maintenance and investment, with officials expecting water to begin flowing again "in the next few weeks".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
All should be treated or managed before someone undergoes surgery, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
As the sail races away from the laser source, the light reaching it undergoes an increasingly strong Doppler shift.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
Grain by grain, molecule by molecule, carbohydrate fuel in the form of glucose is fed into this wheel; in its cyclic passage the fuel molecule undergoes fragmentation and a series of minute chemical changes.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
By contrast, the lower surface underwent substantial deformation during the 'eating' process.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026
He also said the attacker "underwent Islamist radical indoctrination".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
It is unknown whether the attacker underwent a similar check.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
A Venezuelan man shot by an immigration agent in Texas underwent surgery Thursday to remove a bullet that had been lodged near his spine since September 20, his lawyers said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Like the Mercury 13, they also underwent testing for anything they might experience in space.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
It wasn’t immediately clear whether the assailant would have undergone such a review.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The buildings have undergone a huge amount of work.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
For the record, Guy is a physically fit woman in her 60s who has not undergone cosmetic surgery, whom many women would kill to look like.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
The network has already undergone two ownership changes, and considerable management turmoil, during the last decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The military experts then say that the virus has undergone “extreme amplification.”
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
He is currently undergoing questioning after having been interviewed earlier in the week in Saudi Arabia, where the flight he was co-piloting made an emergency landing Wednesday after the incident.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
A total of 3,685 forensic samples are undergoing DNA testing, including more than 1,300 collected from recovered bodies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Extreme Makeover” had also been airing since 2002, showing ordinary men and women undergoing plastic surgery, receiving style makeovers and adopting fitness routines.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Since Argon is undergoing a limited rollout at the outset, it won’t contribute to meaningful financial gains for the company right away.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Now, under the younger March’s direction, the stadium was undergoing renovations in preparation for the 1936 Olympics, which Germany was to host.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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