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 changes, which will undergo public scrutiny, were proposed last year by Zeldin.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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
However, it also noted that periods of heavy rain or drought could indirectly affect fault zones, pointing to a study that suggested that rates of micro-quakes may undergo small variations related to rainfall patterns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
For instance, although she continued to discharge her professional duties with all her usual diligence, her general mood tended to undergo swings of a sort I had hitherto never witnessed.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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
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
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
Three years later, the participants underwent cardiac MRI scans.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Mette-Marit, who recently underwent a successful lung transplant, and Sonja, 89, followed in a car.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The L-shaped home, which boasts a Japanese garden, has been expanded over the years and underwent an interior renovation in the 1990s.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Williamson underwent a liver transplant earlier this year, prompting a judge to delay a February hearing in her case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
But as to just how much that incident contributed to the large changes our relationship subsequently underwent, it is very difficult now to say.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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
In a new study published in JCI Insight, researchers at the University of Michigan identified two pathways that may be targeted at the same time to treat prostate tumors that have undergone this transformation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
That may give you some small clue as to the changes I’ve undergone.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
The study was released on a preprint server and is still undergoing the process of peer review.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
No one appeared to be inside the mansion when the hole opened up, and the residence itself appeared to be undergoing work at the time.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The Tyne Bridge is undergoing a major restoration project so large parts of it were covered in scaffolding.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
These "pre-mortem" tissue samples came from consenting patients undergoing heart bypass procedures at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Because of this, horses must be brought down from exercise gradually, slowly decelerating over about a half mile after a race and then undergoing a long walk.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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