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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Once in a lab, the objects will undergo a desalination process to make sure they’re stable enough for further study.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The dogs will undergo health evaluations, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
OL slowed the growth of the abnormal fibroblasts, encouraged them to undergo apoptosis, and reduced their release of inflammatory cytokines.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Before joining the platforms, workers undergo background checks, including police verification.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Then he announced that he was leaving Valley Forge to undergo treatment for his advanced-stage cancer.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
The request comes as Penn Station undergoes its most significant transformation in decades.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 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
Observing the Poisson spot provided convincing evidence that light undergoes diffraction, meaning it bends and spreads as it passes around objects or through small openings.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
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 Hindu religion is the only one of the world’s great faiths dedicated to the idea that the Cosmos itself undergoes an immense, indeed an infinite, number of deaths and rebirths.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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
Simon revealed that in the same period, she underwent surgery to treat skin cancer, specifically basal cell carcinoma on her face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Last year the site underwent an £11m upgrade to improve its energy efficiency.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
She was diagnosed in 2022 with anaplastic thyroid cancer and underwent chemotherapy and radiation, but the cancer persisted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
The artifacts were then taken to the conservation laboratory of the Cultural Properties Preservation Bureau in Seoul, where they underwent lengthy conservation procedures.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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
The analysis found that ultra-processed toddler foods were significantly more likely to contain high amounts of sugar than products that had undergone less processing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Since then, she’s undergone a battery of tests and even received a live-saving blood transfusion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
A fundraising page has raised £105,000 for the boy and his family after the three-year-old was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital, where he has undergone seven surgeries.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The universe would have then undergone a period of rapid expansion, as in the inflationary models.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
“Every day, you effectively have aircraft undergoing maintenance that we offset with rentals,” Nuñez said, adding that on Monday seven Canadair planes were operational.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The way Americans perceive socialism is apparently undergoing such a transition.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Acosta said the suspect was in critical but stable condition and undergoing surgery Wednesday afternoon, ABC7 reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
"In a sector undergoing an absolute and profound transformation, foreign manufacturers know that betting on the added-value supply chain in our country, in Europe, is fundamental and a priority for the Spanish government," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
The lavanderia is undergoing restoration to remove a thick layer of dirt that covers its northern end, brought about by some long-ago mudslide.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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