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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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Sometimes, trying too hard to appear happy can make the experience less pleasant.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

During a “Kindergarten Cop” reunion Zoom call with the cast in 2020 hosted by Yahoo, Cousins described his experience acting in some of the most intense scenes of the film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

Biden writes that his experience over five decades in politics “outweighed the obvious weaknesses of my age—my thinner voice, my greater tendency to misstate places and names, my halting gait.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Despite questioning the cost of some products, Tyler said the experience was worthwhile.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

Hadn’t he been promoting the diversity of the modern Native experience through his content for the better part of a year now?

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

He went on to write This is going to hurt: Secret Diaries of a junior doctor about his experiences, including caring for a mother who delivered a stillborn baby.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

Although the technology remains experimental and the participant's visual experiences were limited to flashes and shapes of light, the results demonstrate how AI could improve communication between artificial vision devices and the brain.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Cosm’s domed, 87-foot-diameter wraparound screen surrounds audiences and represents today’s hunger for collective, so-called immersive experiences that place attendees in fantastical environments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

But his interest begins with the material elements of a book—its layout and print, the density of text on its pages—and how these features shape our reading experiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Those experiences had happened with her old robotic body, but now she had a different body, and only hours earlier, he had learned that his mother was waterproof.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

If any of your readers have experienced anything similar, I’d be grateful to hear their thoughts.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026

Another important finding was that people living with diseases generally experienced larger changes in their aging biomarkers than healthy participants.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

West Sussex - like most of the country - experienced an unprecedented summer marked by record-breaking heatwaves and severe drought.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

She experienced Apple’s shift from founder-CEO Steve Jobs to successor Tim Cook, and brought that perspective to bear on Nvidia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

That was why people with Asperger’s experienced them so intensely.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Still, the findings suggest that a predictable daily routine may be a useful component of a broader approach to health, particularly for people experiencing insomnia.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

“We are experiencing record revenues” this year and heading into 2027 in premium seat sales, advertising and sponsorship sales, Goldstein said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

"We've determined a portion of infrastructure is experiencing elevated load across multiple regions, which is likely contributing to the connectivity errors," the company wrote on X.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Queen's University Belfast also said they are experiencing email disruption on Friday.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

Isidore stood holding the two handles, experiencing himself as encompassing every other living thing, and then, reluctantly, he let go.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick


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