undergoes

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 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 Researchers began asking whether aspects of human thinking could be understood in terms of information processing, whereby information enters a system, undergoes transformation, is stored, and contributes to an output. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Sep. 2026 Ploughman is your latest of several characters who undergoes a crisis or loss of faith. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
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Verb
  • The brain’s surface has ridges and valleys, and CTE tangles are found in the depths of those valleys, called the cortical sulci, and surround blood vessels.
    — Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Packers lose lineman Green Bay Packers offensive tackle Zach Bako-Bewele has a torn patellar tendon and expects to miss the rest of the season.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The underlying need may be compliance support, but that’s rarely how the buyer experiences the problem.
    — Laiba Tariq, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Earth experiences two equinoxes each year — the first in March and the second in September — when the sun crosses the celestial equator, an imaginary line in the sky directly above Earth's equator.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Exploring the dialogue between Italy’s artisanal heritage and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, the event considers how the handmade endures in an era of rapid innovation.
    — Eleonora Giordani, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Although the lack of reliable official statistics makes this hard to confirm, and although Cuba still endures far less violence than several of its neighbors, fear of robbery and assault has altered many Cubans’ daily routines.
    — Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Surely, The New York Times suggests in its review of the book, Green sees himself in Juniper’s need to be taken seriously as an adult.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Naish looks at that long curved snout and sees an ibis, one of the wading birds with a slender downcurved bill.
    — Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • While crossing the lake, John suffers a similar delusion and nearly shoots himself in the head, prompted by visions of his father and his younger self.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2026
  • When government loses its focus on core responsibilities, everything else suffers.
    — Miami Herald staff, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This began to seem unnecessary, because one either feels and believes that torture is wrong, or else one is damaged.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • They’re rooted in a time and place that feels all too real, and this allows the monsters to parade their primitive might in a way that means something.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The staff knows the property well, and the concierge desk is genuinely useful.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
  • But as any fellow candle-lover knows, the wax doesn’t always stay in the jar.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026

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“Undergoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergoes. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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