undergoing

present participle of undergo
as in experiencing
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 undergoing Through a window looking into what appears to be a hospital room, paramedics Daniel Horne and Brad Alleger are undergoing an annual skills assessment, a simulation of a real-life medical crisis. — Elaine Appleton-Grant, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026 Garrett played for the first time since undergoing knee surgery after the Rams’ season-opening defeat by the San Francisco 49ers in Australia. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026 Because the facility is currently undergoing emergency repairs, our office will remain closed over the next few days. — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026 Thiero, the team’s second-round pick in the 2025 NBA draft, began the season injured after undergoing left knee surgery before joining the Lakers. — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2026 And Braylon Mullins was in a similar boat, undergoing a minor procedure on his knee. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026 The Italian designer follows McQueen’s Seán McGirr and Saint Laurent’s Anthony Vaccarello out the door amid sluggish sales at the group, which is undergoing a restructuring under Kering’s chief executive officer Luca de Meo. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026 But the former steel plant site has been undergoing significant changes since 2011, when work to transform the area into a park began. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026 Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Wrapped Reichstag, 1995, suggested a building undergoing metamorphosis, marking it as a site where the chain of signification ruptures to give form, as in Psychopedis’s painting, to a secret. — Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
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Verb
  • Residents reported experiencing the tremor in several cities, including Arcata, Garberville, McKinleyville and Whitethorn according to the USGS DYFI report.
    — CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Attracting more out-of-state runners could mean more hotel stays, restaurant spending and visitors experiencing Charlotte beyond the racecourse.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Anyone who works with multiple monitors knows the pain of having cables cluttered chaotically around their desk.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The Moon’s opposition to Saturn asks for patience with the gap between having an idea and knowing how to carry it out.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Carrie blends elements of that genre, while really leaning into the horror that made Carrie an enduring property – applying those tropes to modern teenage life.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026
  • An amateur historian has stumbled upon a provocative clue to the enduring mystery of what became of a notorious pirate who raided a royal Indian treasure ship centuries ago, implicating a co-conspirator whose name is familiar to many New Yorkers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

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“Undergoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergoing. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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