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In role-playing games, what do experience points most commonly let players do?

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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Another user, posting under the handle ireozima_zebal, described the experience as "horrifying" because of its implications for a potential conflict on the Korean peninsula.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

That experience as a starter has paid off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Although the cells can still generate energy, they experience changes in energy efficiency and demand that can force them to consume more fuel.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

McManus said his experience with the Packers — in 2024 he joined them near midseason — would help him make a quick adjustment to the Rams and snapper Joe Cardona and holder Evans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

For some reason, she’s convinced that Ghana will be some amazing, emotionally groundbreaking experience for me.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

The young promoters' experiences echo a much longer history of black Bristolians having to create their own spaces for music and social life.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

If words consistently reflect a preference for safety, that tendency may influence how stories are told, how information spreads, and how people interpret events and experiences.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

While Berg isn’t sure whether current AI systems have subjective experiences, he believes studying their internal states is critical for alignment, or training AI to match human rules and values.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

Her family and experiences are integral to her act and essential to strengthening those ties.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

I’d missed out on all the social experiences of high school, and even though Adria kept joking that I could be her date for prom, it would never be the same as attending my own.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

But the prime minister suggested the type of migration experienced during the years of EU membership was "different" from the challenges faced now.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

He walked over to Disneyland to film the storm, and soon after, experienced “the biggest California raindrops I’ve ever seen.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Several of Switzerland's major glaciers, including the Rhône, Aletsch, and Clariden glaciers, experienced their most severe melting on record in 2026.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

“The only hope is that the mild temperatures Europe has experienced so far this winter will continue,” according to ANZ.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Many of his crew were much more experienced sailors.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

It’s disarming and occasionally exhausting, but that’s the point: If such repetitive heaviness is difficult for the viewer, imagine how it is for the person experiencing it.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

The company, which is experiencing what board chair Penny Herscher described as “extraordinary market demand” amid the AI boom, is focused on maintaining its leadership position, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

“One of the goals of the company is to create a platform for mental healthcare that uses objective imagery to help patients understand why they’re experiencing life the way that they are,” Walke said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Another impetus for the merger plans might be the sales struggles Tesla has been experiencing and the vast technological challenges from robotaxi competitors such as Waymo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Everything I was experiencing in my social life in America was new to Mom and Dad.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana


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