experience
Usage
What is another way to say experience?
The verb experience implies being affected by what one meets with: to experience a change of heart, bitter disappointment. Undergo usually refers to the bearing or enduring of something hard, difficult, disagreeable, or dangerous: to undergo severe hardships, an operation.
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There’s a trade-off: We experience a little emotional discomfort by being constantly surveilled, but we are rewarded with the more physical comforts of safety and efficiency.
From Slate β Aug. 5, 2026
Arteta has always been keen on signing players with Premier League experience and who have shown they can operate with the demands at the highest level.
From BBC β Aug. 5, 2026
“They are trying to strip away the very things that make the Disneyland experience what it is,” said Al Vincent Jr., Actors’ Equity’s executive director.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 5, 2026
He has joked about his experience working for an American company — a grocery store in Ohio — as a teenager, according to former Novo employees.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 5, 2026
“Asamando is a magical plane, meant to give the deceased a vibrant, exciting experience after their deaths.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Disney noted that Walt Disney World in Florida had a “standout” quarter with “healthy core attendance increases” from domestic visitors and annual passholders, as well as summer promotions and new experiences that helped fuel interest.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 5, 2026
“Individual employees will have different experiences and perspectives,” Ambre James-Brown, a Novo spokesperson, said in a statement.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 5, 2026
Disney Chief Executive Josh D’Amaro, who previously ran the company’s parks and resorts operations, has given priority to creating new experiences and significantly increasing its number of cruise ships.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 5, 2026
But for cats that genuinely do enjoy it, researchers suggest in a small 2025 study, the practice of cat-walking may offer positive health and social experiences for cats and owners alike.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 5, 2026
They forgot their exhaustion in the excitement of discovering how similar their experiences were.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
However, the German will still rely on experienced heads such as Dan Burn and Fabian Schar in the dressing room.
From BBC β Aug. 5, 2026
Wealth Management, said he and his wife have experienced the puzzle play of childcare, including using daycare, a part-time nanny, help from family members and flexible work schedules.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 5, 2026
Wildfires occur across Europe each summer, but the fires that swept through Spain and France in July 2026 ranked among the most destructive either country had experienced in decades.
From Science Daily β Aug. 5, 2026
“But I’m not blind to the fact that these people may have experienced something that I didn’t feel at all.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 4, 2026
Specks of debris floated all around, like a gentle snowfall, and suddenly she was recalling the snowfalls she’d experienced on land.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
Over the weekend, a Salvadoran immigrant being held at the notorious Delaney Hall detention center in New Jersey died after experiencing a medical emergency, the second death the facility has seen since December.
From Salon β Aug. 4, 2026
“We are grateful to audiences everywhere for coming out and experiencing our film the way it was meant to be seen,” he said in a statement Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 2, 2026
Sex, race, ethnicity, age and body mass index did not significantly affect the likelihood of experiencing the benefit.
From Science Daily β Aug. 1, 2026
In 2023, she was struggling financially, and she and her live-in boyfriend were experiencing increasing strain in their relationship.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 30, 2026
In the 1880s Chicago was experiencing explosive growth that propelled land values to levels no one could have imagined, especially within the downtown “Loop,” named for the turn-around loops of streetcar lines.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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