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experience

[ik-speer-ee-uhns] / ɪkˈspɪər i əns /




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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Dynamic pricing is a technology which seeks out that 10% and prices what may have been once a mass experience for ordinary working people to a tech boom fuelled niche.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“But what’s great about the human experience is: Anything can happen.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

While Britain’s days as a military superpower ended several decades ago, its experience, training, nuclear arsenal and comparatively large military budget set it apart as a highly valuable partner for the U.S. and other nations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Hardt reminds Klugo to go to parties and enjoy his high school experience, but it’s the furthest thing from Klugo’s mind.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

They call it "sepsis," and they know from bitter experience how quickly a "septic" wound can go from slight redness to gross swelling to a fatal condition called gangrene.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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