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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Some argue that AI should undergo regular evaluation by outsiders and that the companies that make it should be held responsible when their systems do harm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
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
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
Hasty is far advanced in her pregnancy and is presumed to have been conveyed away by some person, as she could not undergo the fatigue of traveling.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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A Miami airport spokesman said the facility undergoes an FAA safety inspection each year and has consistently met federal requirements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
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
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
For about a year, the patient undergoes treatment, which is a combination of the therapeutic vaccine, intismeran autogene, and Keytruda, the world’s top-selling cancer drug.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Rosie comes to a stop about twenty feet down the hippodrome track and Marlena undergoes a change that defies belief.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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During that period, plague lineages underwent a major expansion and split into three important branches.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
A new study in Earth and Planetary Physics is changing scientists' understanding of when Central America and South America underwent one of the major tectonic collisions that helped shape the Americas.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
He underwent heart surgery months later, according to reports.
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
Then she was standing before me, and suddenly the atmosphere underwent a peculiar change - almost as though the two of us had been suddenly thrust on to some other plane of being altogether.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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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
En route, they had undergone 'layering,' where the funds are split and moved through many digital wallets to obfuscate their paths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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
With the influence of the dress her personality had also undergone a change.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Higher utilization of the company’s nuclear reactors, some of which are currently undergoing maintenance, would be needed to improve earnings, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
After undergoing complex heart surgery in mid-August, the baby remains in critical condition.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Up until this point, he’s been working out, lifting and undergoing treatment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Oyo, 34, who had ruled the traditional kingdom of Tooro in western Uganda since the age of three, died last month while undergoing cancer treatment in the US.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
While the Mark I was still undergoing this shakedown procedure, Lawrence spent his time soothing official doubts about the MTA by citing the continuing threat of a shortage of fissile material.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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