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In role-playing games, what do experience points most commonly let players do?

experience

[ik-speer-ee-uhns] / ΙͺkˈspΙͺΙ™r i Ι™ns /




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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That may sound like a ripped-from-the-headlines experience, but it dates from 1972.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

He applied for a job at the Washington Post, despite an utter lack of experience.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

Haas is familiar with leading a publicly-listed company and would bring semiconductor experience, though Nvidia's business model is considerably different from Arm's, said Chanana.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Harry emphasized that his decision was not a criticism of the U.S. education system, but rather an opportunity for Archie and Lilibet to experience life in two different countries.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

“Then it looks like this is a new experience for everyone.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Like all medicines, escitalopram can cause side effects, including sleep problems, constipation and weight gain, although not everyone experiences them.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

“Premium audio experiences will be more important than ever to the future of entertainment, and I believe SiriusXM can evolve to lead that future.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

CTE prepares students for the workforce through a mix of classroom training and practical, hands-on experiences with local businesses.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

The amygdala is involved in emotional processing and learning, including forming associations between experiences and their consequences.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

“Journey is a rover who will do well on Mars. She is a rover who will make rational decisions. She is not a rover who experiences human emotions. She does not have human attachments.”

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

Cayton and Hughes were close friends in the 1930s and ’40s, when Chicago experienced its own Black literary renaissance, each making his own contribution to Black advancement.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

Although employment of older, more experienced workers in AI-related jobs remains solid, employment of new graduates and early-career workers appears to have slowed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Reports were voluntarily submitted by members of the public, consumers, healthcare professionals, and manufacturers, meaning that the database does not provide a complete record of everyone who experienced a possible adverse reaction.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Vastly experienced, the Spaniard's stock is at an all-time high courtesy of the superb job he has done since taking over at Villa in October 2022.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Having never experienced glee before, it threw Major Puff off-balance.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Ozell added that she has “also been experiencing such deep, profound gratitude” amid her grief.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Evidently, the cultural normalization of mental illness hasn’t eliminated the enormous gap between experiencing depression and recognizing it as a condition that warrants treatment.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026

Lisa Walker, the chief executive of Neuroendocrine Cancer UK, said that the average time between people experiencing a first symptom and getting a diagnosis is five years.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Min Gyeong-gwon has lost faith in the government after experiencing two brutal stock-market crashes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

There are my brothers and me, living on opposite sides of a triangle, experiencing the same things but never together.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman


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