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.
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It was decided he did not need to undergo surgery but would require a lengthy rehabilitation.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
She’ll undergo her own sorrows when she finds him again, in London, living in a squat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Next came a mystical bath ritual: a little bit of water poured over the body, part of a protective tradition that some Senegalese wrestlers undergo.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The brand’s unique aesthetic has not only made its stores resistant to the costly design overhauls that many restaurants undergo in order to keep up with modern styles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Although spawning occurs at sea, the young come into the estuaries and bays when a few weeks old to undergo successive molts and changes of form.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Taking the long view, he said he would view his tenure as a success if, when the refurbished museum undergoes its eventual relaunch, circa 2040, “I am invited to the opening.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Every motion submitted to conference undergoes debate and no single interest group drives policy.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
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
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
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
"The passengers were evacuated and the plane underwent security checks. Nothing was found," Modlin airport spokesman Adam Szablowski told AFP.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
She was born with a cleft lip and underwent two surgeries, one as a baby to close her cleft, and one when she was 10 to smooth out her lips.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Backup catcher Dalton Rushing underwent elbow surgery last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Utilities also retreated in August, led by a contraction in electric power activity as nuclear stations in Ontario and New Brunswick underwent maintenance outages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
It was there that she underwent a radical education that changed her worldview and altered the course of her life.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
But following the withdrawal of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab from most of the city in 2011, and the establishment of the federal government in 2012, Mogadishu has undergone a gradual transformation.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
Soria told AFP she had recently undergone surgery and could barely walk but "found the strength to come."
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
Silver-Fajardo had undergone surgery on her knee and was awaiting another to repair her pelvis, Chernin wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Even more promising, they have identified an experimental drug that has already undergone safety testing in humans and could potentially interfere with this process.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
I’d never undergone any kind of surgery, and to be honest, I was terrified.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
Just three weeks after undergoing surgery for lung cancer, the 71-year-old pontiff has embarked on a 12-day tour of the continent where he served nearly two decades as a missionary.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
The Holding Out For a Hero singer, whose real name was Gaynor Hopkins, died in a hospital in Portugal in July, aged 75, after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery earlier this year.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Running back Dean Connors was placed on injured reserve after undergoing surgery for a hand injury suffered against the Chargers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
“AI infrastructure is undergoing a fundamental architectural shift toward optical connectivity, creating an opportunity that comes along once in a generation,” Marvell CEO Matt Murphy said in a release.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Harry noticed too that the castle seemed to be undergoing an extra-thorough cleaning.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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