lived experience
Example Sentences
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Ultimately, “wealth and income inequality” is technical language that masks the human cost and lived experience of such unfair outcomes.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2026
It’s the purest demonstration of what it means to bring together subjective lived experience and academic knowledge.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
In the same way that learning another language helps us understand our native tongue more deeply, travel forms character through lived experience.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The first block of public hearings, which lasts until 15 May, will focus on lived experience of antisemitism.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
The silence—driven by stigma and fear of shame—results in a repression of public thought, a collective denial of lived experience.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
