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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Such heft would be an advantage in a rapidly changing payments ecosystem, which is poised to undergo further disruption from new tech like artificial intelligence and stablecoins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
And if the aorta is dilated a certain amount, patients often undergo an elective surgery to fix it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The concept of “ultra” processing has nothing to do with the actual amount of processing that foods undergo.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
The Dodgers said he will undergo “some interventions” to alleviate the irritation during the All-Star break, but the team did not offer specifics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Although spawning occurs at sea, the young come into the estuaries and bays when a few weeks old to undergo successive molts and changes of form.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Surgeons say that aortic dissections are sometimes identified by accident when a patient undergoes a CT scan or X-ray for routine reasons or other conditions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Perspective tends especially to fail when the industry charged with producing hysteria about change undergoes change itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
But from Monday, activity will stop, as the extraordinary device undergoes upgrades aimed to further increase the precision and intensity of particle collisions.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
Bone is a dynamic tissue that undergoes continuous renewal through a process called bone remodeling.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
Here’s where my story splits, divides, undergoes meiosis.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
The company, which lost market share to rivals like Apple Pay, underwent rounds of layoffs to cut costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
It also underwent a store refresh program, changing products and is clustering locations to boost profit and customer traffic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Last week, Johnson announced that Tolo has endometriosis, after she underwent several experimental noninvasive tests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
She later underwent treatments including life-extending surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
I underwent, during the summer that I became fourteen, a prolonged religious crisis.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
Records indicate that the four-bedroom beach house was swiped off the market in June, having undergone a $550,000 price cut the previous month.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
As his body has undergone dramatic physical changes, he has drawn scrutiny for his reliance on unproven and highly experimental treatments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The team reviewed clinical information from more than 9,000 patients who had undergone mitral valve repair or replacement for DMR.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
The district also has undergone leadership change at the top.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 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
With the 36-inch water transmission line undergoing repairs, West Hollywood is currently being served by an 8-inch distribution pipe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
After undergoing training, he has been working on wind turbines for a year and a half.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
But she is now undergoing breast-cancer treatment, and it has left a real gap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
In March 2023, Sir Sam revealed he had been undergoing chemotherapy for a year after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of blood cancer that affects the lymphatic system.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Now, under the younger March’s direction, the stadium was undergoing renovations in preparation for the 1936 Olympics, which Germany was to host.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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