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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Inside a reactor, uranium atoms undergo nuclear fission, a process in which their nuclei split apart and release energy along with additional particles called neutrons.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Under new regulations brought into force this year, about 8,000 police officers and staff will undergo renewed vetting.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Inventory draws are projected to accelerate in October as seasonal demand rises and refineries undergo routine maintenance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Four officers and two protesters remained hospitalised, with a demonstrator and two officers expected to undergo surgery.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
There are presumably adventures that she— that is that I—can’t undergo and still continue to be herself.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
All should be treated or managed before someone undergoes surgery, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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
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
Ezri Konsa's imminent £51m departure to Arsenal is the latest high-profile exit at Villa Park this summer as Unai Emery's squad undergoes drastic change.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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
It is unclear whether Joel underwent the procedure, although the “Uptown Girl” singer initially postponed his concerts in March 2025 after undergoing unspecified surgery and physical therapy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has been pictured celebrating Mass from hospital, in the first images of him released by the Vatican since he underwent lung surgery.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
The property, which is listed with Thomas Atamian of Coldwell Banker Realty, underwent a remodel in 2004 by architect Aleks Istanbullu.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
The 71-year-old pontiff underwent an operation to remove the lower lobe of his right lung.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
And ever since the prospect of seeing Miss Kenton again first arose some weeks ago, I suppose I have tended to spend much time pondering just why it was our relationship underwent such a change.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Direct evidence has been scarce because relatively few people who received amyloid-clearing drugs have undergone brain examinations after death.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
He wrote, “I’ve undergone successful surgery. Thank you to everyone who has reached out with their prayers and concerns on my behalf.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Netanyahu told the media last week that the suspect had undergone "Islamist radical indoctrination".
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The term technically encompasses a broad category of products that includes FDA-approved drugs—ranging from insulin to Ozempic—but it has become shorthand for substances people are injecting that haven’t undergone approval from the FDA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Our attitude toward poisons has undergone a subtle change.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
James is now undergoing rehabilitation with Chelsea's medical staff, with no time-frame given for his return.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
These records stood in stark contrast to conditions at the opposite pole, where Arctic sea ice was undergoing a steep decline.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
The 71-year-old leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics had a part of his lung removed on Tuesday and is undergoing further tests to determine if he is cancer-free or needs further treatment.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Practicing attorneys in the U.S. are required to be licensed by the jurisdiction in which they practice, generally by passing the bar exam and undergoing a review of their moral character.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
We pass thoughts around, from mind to mind, so compulsively and with such speed that the brains of mankind often appear, functionally, to be undergoing fusion.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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