Thesaurus results for UNDERGOES

undergoes

verb

present tense third-person singular of undergo

as in has

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it some people undergo a complete transformation while away at college

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Recent Examples of undergoes The material then undergoes polymer processing and blending before being pelletized for film blowing at Weavabel’s production plant, where it can be made into new bags. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026 Desai’s transition comes as Meta undergoes a massive pivot, betting big on new artificial intelligence products and services for its enterprise customers. — Samantha Subin,chris Eudaily, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026 The lycanthropy saga, set in an English village in the 13th century, stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as a man who undergoes terrifying transformations into a werewolf each full moon. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2026 His criticism comes as Slovenia undergoes a significant shift in its foreign policy, particularly toward Israel. — Efrat Lachter , Brooke Curto, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Before an interceptor is shipped to a customer, Vluchnyk says each individual aircraft undergoes a test flight. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026 Even though Douglas was moving around easily after the game, teams typically don’t know the seriousness of injuries until the player undergoes an MRI a day or two after suffering the injury. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026 Similarly, Silent Hill f’s Hinako Shimizu undergoes a deeply personal version of Silent Hill. — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026 Plans for Macabre Cinema, the third West Bottoms attraction owned and operated by Full Moon Productions, have yet to be finalized as its building undergoes redevelopment. — Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026

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Founded in 2005 by Danny Rogers and Jerome Borazio as St Jerome’s Laneway Festival, a one-day festival in Melbourne, Laneway has the enviable reputation as the place where punters can see the next hot act before everyone else.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
Parliament has 30 days to ratify the measures, and the government wants to expedite the process, calling for an extraordinary plenary session on housing for Friday.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026

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As the duo row through pitch-black darkness toward the flame, John experiences harrowing visions of his father and of his younger self, revealed to be an effect of the fear toxin lingering in the air.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
The town has had full-time electricity only for a few years and still experiences frequent outages.

— Eugene Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of experiences

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Andersen sees energy storage, which would allow for continual energy supply even when the wind isn’t blowing, as the wind sector’s next big opportunity.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
In her review of the exhibition, critic Aruna D’Souza sees this resemblance as a blind spot in the show’s curation.

— Tina M. Campt, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of sees

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At the Irish Rep, director Ciarán O’Reilly has brought O’Neill’s expressionist howl back for a swift, sturdy, smaller-scale revival that now feels unnervingly on-the-pulse.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
For the residents of Shelekhov, however, the official narrative of a routine pneumonia death feels completely disconnected from the sudden quarantine of 200 people.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

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