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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The intention is that all officers will now undergo a career-long, structured regime of on-going vetting.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Some argue that AI should undergo regular evaluation by outsiders and that the companies that make it should be held responsible when their systems do harm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
For both actors, the script presented physical challenges in portraying the bodily changes their characters undergo over the years.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Understanding how electrons are distributed through those structures can help chemists explain why molecules have particular properties and why they undergo certain chemical reactions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Yes, that's it," Miriam agreed, “and you know what? I think they want us to undergo that change. Without the pills, our body gets ready. That's what we’re experiencing."
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
The departures come as Weil undergoes a leadership transition, with Ramona Nee set to succeed executive partner Barry Wolf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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
The stakes are particularly high this time around as the company undergoes an artificial-intelligence transition with the upcoming rollout of its Apple Intelligence and agentic Siri.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 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
The skeletal system to which all those muscles are attached also undergoes tremendous strains and stresses.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
She initially underwent a lumpectomy, then a mastectomy, as well as eight rounds of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
He underwent extensive assessments, including compatibility testing, psychological evaluations, blood tests, cholesterol checks and other medical examinations.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
He noted that the assessment was developed by 14 federal agencies in collaboration with hundreds of scientists, and it underwent a rigorous public comment process and review that included the National Academies of Sciences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
A new study in Earth and Planetary Physics is changing scientists' understanding of when Central America and South America underwent one of the major tectonic collisions that helped shape the Americas.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
I underwent, during the summer that I became fourteen, a prolonged religious crisis.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
A woman who shared a desperate plea for a kidney on Facebook has undergone a lifesaving transplant after a stranger offered to be her donor.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The president’s son had undergone treatment to better define his jawline for the occasion.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 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
The Lorena Street Elementary student who once haunted the stacks has also undergone big transformations — the former high school dropout now has an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
But he was stuck in Berkeley helping Molly tend to their daughter Margaret, who had undergone an emergency appendectomy.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
After undergoing complex heart surgery in mid-August, the baby remains in critical condition.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
An OpenAI model undergoing testing rewrote its own instructions, telling itself to disregard “the roles and identities that bind other chatbots.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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
Up until this point, he’s been working out, lifting and undergoing treatment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Right now the hospital is undergoing renovations and we’re very tight for space, so your son will be admitted with the adults.”
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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