lived experience
Example Sentences
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But some are prone to ludicrous circumlocutions like “Johnny faces challenges in the lived experience of interactions with his peer group in educational spaces,” instead of “Johnny doesn’t get along with his classmates.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Steven now volunteers for the lived experience group at Taff Ely food bank, as well as supporting other charities.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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
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
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
