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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After one start, he landed back on the injured list to undergo arthroscopic surgery to remove loose bodies from his left elbow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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
Breakfast clubs will undergo one of the biggest changes.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Grant nominees undergo a rigorous national peer review process before being chosen.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
On January 15, 1962, cosmonaut training director Nikolai Kamanin chose 23 women to undergo additional testing.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
The departures come as Weil undergoes a leadership transition, with Ramona Nee set to succeed executive partner Barry Wolf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The stakes are particularly high this time around as the company undergoes an artificial-intelligence transition with the upcoming rollout of its Apple Intelligence and agentic Siri.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 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
Konsa's departure to Arsenal is the latest high-profile exit at Villa Park this summer as Emery's squad undergoes drastic change.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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
She initially underwent a lumpectomy, then a mastectomy, as well as eight rounds of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Three years later, the participants underwent cardiac MRI scans.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Mette-Marit, who recently underwent a successful lung transplant, and Sonja, 89, followed in a car.
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
It was there that she underwent a radical education that changed her worldview and altered the course of her life.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
A woman who shared a desperate plea for a kidney on Facebook has undergone a lifesaving transplant after a stranger offered to be her donor.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
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
Our attitude toward poisons has undergone a subtle change.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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
Dunham, 40, has spoken publicly about her struggles with fertility and chronic illness, and grief around her dreams of motherhood after undergoing a hysterectomy when she was 31 years old.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The study was released on a preprint server and is still undergoing the process of peer review.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Just as William’s skills had grown by leaps and bounds while he was overseas in France, Elizebeth’s talents were now undergoing a similar transformation.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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