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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"This is a choice that I am making to feel more in control of my life," Ocasio-Cortez said, describing her ability to undergo the procedure as a "very privileged position."
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Money was taken from the public disaster fund to help pay for the removal of remaining coal tips above the village, while compensation payments were limited and survivors had to undergo repeated assessments.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Typically, new weapons undergo a series of tests, ensuring they work as designed, before the military buys large quantities of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Next, Rushing, in conversation with the team and medical staff, will have to decide whether he needs to undergo surgery to repair the ligament.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Some of the uranium 238 atoms will absorb a stray neutron and undergo a series of transformations to become plutonium 239.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Officials say safety measures will be taken to safeguard it while it undergoes investigation, as experts work to determine the nature of the wreck and learn more about its cargo.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
In a conversation with host Brian Freeman, the 44-year-old Grammy-nominated artist said she was diagnosed earlier this year and is “grateful to God” for her health as she undergoes treatment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
As learning takes place, tau undergoes a subtle chemical change called phosphorylation, which helps coordinate the activity of engram cells.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
But from Monday, activity will stop, as the extraordinary device undergoes upgrades aimed to further increase the precision and intensity of particle collisions.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
If the conditions change, different types of individuals may now survive or reproduce better and become “naturally selected,” with the result that the population undergoes evolutionary change.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The Norwegian great underwent Achilles surgery in January and only returned to training six weeks ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Among them were the archosauriforms, which underwent extensive diversification during the Triassic.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
After the couple’s honeymoon, they underwent an alleged 18-month renovation process to convert the estate into their dream home, where they raised their children for the first eight years of their lives.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Two months before Alexis died in May 2000, Lieberson was informed that she herself had cancer, and later underwent a double lumpectomy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Groups underwent some of the testing at the Lovelace Medical Clinic and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
But Dorsey has undergone a lot of changes since the turn of the century.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
"In response to speculation, we can confirm that Martin O'Neill has undergone a small procedure in hospital," Celtic posted on social media.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
He found that some had been knocked down and others had undergone major renovations and were for sale, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
But as Caulfield noted, the wellness movement has undergone a major cultural change in the past half-decade that has made it almost unrecognizable from the movement that birthed MAHA.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
It was so much easier to remain where he was, on the far side of the suffering he had undergone.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
O’lita Schafer said she moved to Crenshaw Boulevard two years ago and explained that her house is undergoing a major construction project due to an unstable foundation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
These routes also allow certain quantum states to move through the material while undergoing fewer changes to their statistics.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
He is currently out of action after undergoing back surgery last month and is scheduled to link back up with his City team-mates in Manchester early next week.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Micron is undergoing a similar shift that has won praise in the analyst community.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
We knew that all those rabbits that had shaven bellies—our scientific knowledge adequately covered this point because it was our job to shave the rabbits—were undergoing Aschheim-Zondek tests.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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