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experience

[ik-speer-ee-uhns] / ɪkˈspɪər i əns /




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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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Outside of a trip to Seoul, the best opportunity right now to experience a canonical version of Korean art’s greatest hits is the Art Institute of Chicago’s exhibition “Korean National Treasures: 2,000 Years of Art.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

“Building on experience from recent tournaments, a tiered heat-mitigation model will apply,” the statement continued.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

And, truthfully, there was one experience that, for a college softball player and lifelong New York Yankees fan, exceeded the others.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

"We don't have the experience but we have the enthusiasm," he tells me.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Seizures are relatively common; about one person in 200 will experience a seizure, mild or severe, at some time in life.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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