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 concept of “ultra” processing has nothing to do with the actual amount of processing that foods undergo.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
Her cancer was detected early meaning she required surgery, but did not need to undergo chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
As the surrounding environment adjusts, these impurities still undergo slight movements.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
The way Americans pay for college is about to undergo its biggest transformation in decades.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
It has happened also because, for reasons to be described later, destructive insects often undergo a “flareback,” or resurgence, after spraying, in numbers greater than before.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Surgeons say that aortic dissections are sometimes identified by accident when a patient undergoes a CT scan or X-ray for routine reasons or other conditions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The 11th Century embroidery, which depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066, is being loaned to the UK while its usual home, the Bayeux Museum in Normandy, undergoes a major renovation.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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
At this thickness, the metal undergoes a transition from a strained state caused by the underlying material to a more relaxed atomic arrangement.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026
Then August’s face undergoes another transformation, melding into something close to complacency.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
She underwent 18 months of treatment at Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Strategy, which Michael Saylor founded in 1989, underwent its latest transformation in recent years from a software company into one of the world’s biggest stockpiles of bitcoin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
It also underwent a store refresh program, changing products and is clustering locations to boost profit and customer traffic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Patients with DMR who carried the "long-long" variant underwent mitral valve surgery more often than patients with other variants.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
I said we were not the first family in this situation, and that those who underwent such hardships came out the stronger.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Records indicate that the four-bedroom beach house was swiped off the market in June, having undergone a $550,000 price cut the previous month.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
The team reviewed clinical information from more than 9,000 patients who had undergone mitral valve repair or replacement for DMR.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
The district also has undergone leadership change at the top.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
As China expands the capabilities of its armed forces, it has also undergone a widespread purge of its military leadership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Friday evening: I’ve been in Minneapolis for just over fifteen hours, driven from the southern suburbs to the northern ones, dropped off a half dozen apps, and undergone two face- to-face interviews.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Despite undergoing years of hospital treatment, it was not that experience that prompted her career choice, rather her way of switching off from it.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The semiconductor sector is undergoing a reset and has a tendency to underperform in the third quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
After undergoing training, he has been working on wind turbines for a year and a half.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The company is undergoing major restructuring, with rumors that future consoles may simply be PC-like devices that launch Steam.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Livermore was undergoing its transition from the MTA project to its role as the second bomb laboratory.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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