lived experience
Example Sentences
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Evans said she respected the views expressed in the letter, but that it did not reflect the town's "lived experience as a community", which is "one of respect not entitlement".
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Each of these three proposals would improve the court by pulling its day-to-day operations closer to the lived experience of typical Americans.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
And the lived experience of Shabbos offers lessons that anyone can draw on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
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
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
