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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Donna Marklew had to undergo a hysterectomy to treat complications caused by childbirth.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
But first, she had to undergo six months of genetic counselling.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
When these sites undergo nitration, HGF becomes less capable of connecting with its receptor.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 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
Why should I have to undergo such a look, for something that is not my fault?
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
If a project could cause significant environmental harm that can’t easily be avoided, it undergoes a more detailed environmental review to examine its potential effects and alternatives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Every motion submitted to conference undergoes debate and no single interest group drives policy.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
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
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
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
The Napoli midfielder recently underwent an ablation procedure - a minimally invasive operation to correct irregular heart rhythms - in Manchester.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Each pulse underwent four reflections in total, with one mirror focusing the X-rays vertically and the other horizontally.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
In the first study, we were able to compare women who underwent infertility treatment with those who didn’t, as well as examine women before and after they first received treatment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
It arrived at Warsaw's Chopin airport, which closed one runway as the plane underwent a security inspection, but no explosives were found.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Patients underwent a minimum of one hour a week of analysis at $55 a session, and some participated in group sessions in the evening.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
The research site in Dutchess County has undergone significant environmental changes since monitoring began in 1991.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 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
A number of brooches and moulds have undergone conservation and will be further analysed at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff before going on display in north-east Wales.
From BBC ● 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
“Although we have suffered great sacrifices and losses,” Tho said, “and undergone a great deal of hardship, we have won.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
America’s $100 billion beef industry is undergoing a painful downsizing, and it’s poised to make high meat prices a long-term reality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
He missed the Six Nations in 2025 after undergoing shoulder surgery and was absent from this year's edition with a hamstring injury.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
If further investigations support the findings, clinical trials could eventually explore whether activating this repair mechanism benefits patients undergoing abdominal radiation therapy.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
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
A few weeks before, Joost had been told that Hoede’s boathouse would be undergoing improvements and to strike it from his rounds.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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