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
Their work suggests that gravitational fields can undergo a process in which their underlying structures break and reconnect, allowing energy to flow from gravity into matter.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
But first, she had to undergo six months of genetic counselling.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
But no matter who wins, District 9 will undergo a shift in representation after decades of being represented by a Black council member.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
A rough, cold android, hoping to undergo an experience from which, due to a deliberately built-in defect, it remained excluded.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Under these conditions, the bark undergoes a process called dry distillation, in which heat breaks down the material and releases substances that can be collected as tar.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
If a project could cause significant environmental harm that can’t easily be avoided, it undergoes a more detailed environmental review that examines its potential impacts and alternatives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Today, my wife, Tonya Winfield, and I are living in Century City in Los Angeles while our house in Bel-Air undergoes renovations following damage from atmospheric river storms a few years back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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
Those who would take seriously the boy’s success—and his failure—would be forced to realize how great is the change any academic undergoes, how far one must move from one’s past.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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
She was born with a cleft lip and underwent two surgeries, one as a baby to close her cleft, and one when she was 10 to smooth out her lips.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Last year the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, underwent a $50-million renovation of its 373 guest rooms, suites and spa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The bright region underwent repeated cycles of expansion and contraction, resembling simplified versions of two dramatic cosmological events.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Every day, from dawn until midnight, the boys underwent a rigid routine that consisted of calisthenics, rifle practice, and fire-coordination drills.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
He has since undergone radiation and hormone therapy, while his son Hunter said in August that the disease had spread further and was causing considerable pain.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 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
The brand has undergone a turnaround effort in recent years, and has completed remodels and menu additions since Williams joined in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
Perhaps the most telling sign investors have grown weary of the AI trade is that chip stocks have undergone “sharp multiple compression,” Rasgon said, referring to valuations shrinking despite expectations for earnings to continue growing.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Professor Maurice Brooks of the University of West Virginia, an authority on the birds of the Appalachian region, reported that the West Virginia bird population had undergone “an incredible reduction.”
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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
A similar pattern appeared in samples from patients receiving antibiotics, including people undergoing cancer treatment.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 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
McVay has not said whether Garrett will be activated from injured reserve and play for the first time since undergoing knee surgery after the season opener.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
We knew that all those rabbits that had shaven bellies—our scientific knowledge adequately covered this point because it was our job to shave the rabbits—were undergoing Aschheim-Zondek tests.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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