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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In order to operate, the train will have to undergo 30 days of successful consecutive testing, receive an independent overview and an assessment by Los Angeles World Airports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
But she wasn’t ready to undergo a coronal brow lift, an invasive procedure that involves making a sizable incision along the scalp and lifting all the skin on the forehead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
If a patient gets a positive test, they are instructed to undergo a cancer work-up, whether that’s imaging or biopsies.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The intention is that all officers will now undergo a career-long, structured regime of on-going vetting.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
But if tests showed that the bullet could be extracted without damaging nerves or organs, Garfield might undergo surgery.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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The council has been working to arrange alternative housing for affected residents while the hotel undergoes assessments and any required works to make it safe.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
A Miami airport spokesman said the facility undergoes an FAA safety inspection each year and has consistently met federal requirements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
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
Then August’s face undergoes another transformation, melding into something close to complacency.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Now part of the Academy Museum’s collection, the nearly century-old garment underwent an extensive restoration before “The Horror Show.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Nearly a year after having the outpatient procedure on her right knee, she says the result feels almost the same as the total knee replacement she previously underwent on her left knee.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
An artist’s ‘happiest place’ underwent a $10 million renovation by its new owners, who expanded the home and added a new poolhouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
She underwent a heart transplant 10 years ago, after having a heart attack aged 31 while watching her son play football.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
After leaving the Mayo Clinic, Gey spent several days in New York City at Sloan-Kettering for another study, and he underwent chemotherapy at Hopkins using a drug not yet approved for use in humans.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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The inquest earlier was told he had undergone an operation to fit stents to his right coronary artery in April 2019.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Moderna has been testing the personalized cancer vaccine in combination with Merck’s immunotherapy drug Keytruda in patients with later-stage melanoma who have undergone surgery.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Now the arch, initially promoted as a monument commemorating America’s 250th anniversary, has undergone a similar transformation.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
She has undergone similar training several times -- and said the lessons helped her confidence -- but noted she was "so envious of young people who can do all this so easily".
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Had Jupiter been several dozen times more massive, the matter in its interior would have undergone thermonuclear reactions, and Jupiter would have begun to shine by its own light.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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He was sidelined for nearly five months, undergoing specialist cardiac monitoring, before returning to play.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Irregular has played a role in a number of incidents in which models undergoing evaluation escaped testing environments and breached other companies’ systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Up until this point, he’s been working out, lifting and undergoing treatment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Researchers have found that the human brain begins undergoing broad changes in the way its genome is regulated starting in midlife.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 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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