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.
Example Sentences
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Gender-responsive policing recognizes that people of different genders can experience crime, victimization, and interactions with law enforcement differently.
From Slate β Oct. 2, 2026
In Lovett’s experience, candidates are not considering a job move for anything less than a 10% pay increase.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 2, 2026
Individual investors, by contrast, have finite lives, limited assets, only a few sources of income, and no expertise or experience in analyzing these complex investments.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 2, 2026
Southern California is about to experience at least a week of extreme heat, according to the National Weather Service.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 2, 2026
She clearly has experience dealing with the dirty looks and hateful sneers of girls like Skye and Madi.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Some young adults’ experiences in the job market or the workplace have inspired them to transform their careers.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 2, 2026
"I mean, there's validation in it, but there's also real sadness and frustration that women had to go through these experiences before the issues were taken this seriously," she said.
From BBC β Oct. 2, 2026
"In the Philippine context, it is also connected to questions of trust, politics, and people's previous experiences with vaccination and public health institutions," he said.
From Barron's β Oct. 2, 2026
“It will reward your curiosity,” says Amado Trevino, director of interactive media and experiences for Legendary Entertainment.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 30, 2026
The new instruments and the oceans of printed books opened up new experiences and destroyed old authorities.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
"He didn't have a problem confronting much more experienced researchers."
From Barron's β Oct. 2, 2026
Campaigning, Reitano said, has shown her that constituents, no matter how different, uniformly want “a judge who is experienced, prepared, fair and willing to listen.”
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 1, 2026
He moved to Dubai and joined Flydubai in 2022, having become an experienced pilot.
From BBC β Oct. 1, 2026
She suffered repeated seizures, was diagnosed with a potentially fatal blood clot, and experienced wild swings in blood pressure.
From Slate β Oct. 1, 2026
At the age of thirty-three, Valentin was already an experienced combat pilot and commander.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
“The centrality of economic issues and of those economic struggles that youth are experiencing is one of the big changes that we’ve been tracking in the last couple of election cycles,” Medina said.
From Salon β Oct. 2, 2026
Meteorologists also issued Polo-related warnings of heavy rain and flooding in parts of 10 US states including Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, some of which are experiencing drought.
From Barron's β Sep. 29, 2026
Saul was 17 and on a school trip when he first started feeling cold and experiencing sensitivity to light, but when a purple rash developed, the family went to A&E.
From BBC β Sep. 29, 2026
Nvidia is swimming in cash — enough to make history with the announcement of a new $150 billion buyback program — but its customers are experiencing a very different financial reality.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 29, 2026
It was about traveling to Rio with all the other American athletes and experiencing the excitement of the Olympic Village.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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