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

And if you don’t have any lived experience, and I’m not saying it won’t be a threat to our jobs in some level, in some ways, but ...

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

"It's so impressive and important when people can talk about their own lived experience and particularly when people can recognise the difference that talking makes when it comes to suicide and suicide prevention," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

The lived experience verifies the theoretical, and the theoretical gives those with lived experience tools to understand their own lives.

From Slate • May 27, 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