experience
Usage
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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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She told BBC Wales' Sunday Supplement in October that her interest in the area was partly shaped by family experience, with three of her children on the autistic spectrum.
From BBC β Nov. 15, 2026
CarMax wants to improve its online sales experience, but Barr says he isn’t about to chase Carvana into an exclusively online sales model.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 15, 2026
Most people experience back pain at some point in their lives, and one common cause is the deterioration of the spine's natural shock absorbers.
From Science Daily β Nov. 15, 2026
“Most of them do experience some kind of significant drawdown.”
From MarketWatch β Nov. 15, 2026
It was an experience common to most childhoods, though new to Penelope—that of drifting off to sleep as her parents spoke quietly in another room, trying not to be overheard.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
The book is capacious and ambitious, tracing Presbyterian experiences in Scotland, England, Ireland, Canada and the United States.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 15, 2026
Instead of just plastering ads inside stadiums, Berland asks leagues for more fan tickets and experiences.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 15, 2026
Once one, two or three come forward, that prompts others to revisit their experiences - which they may have dismissed or subdued.
From BBC β Nov. 14, 2026
Only now, she takes center stage at her most unfiltered, turning her own experiences into a high-energy hour that is relentlessly entertaining and at times hilariously uncomfortable.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 13, 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
By linking these scans to death certificates, they could examine the electrical patterns of patients who later experienced sudden cardiac death and compare them with those of other patients.
From Science Daily β Nov. 15, 2026
After three days at home, Kamwanga felt extremely weak and experienced muscle pain.
From BBC β Nov. 15, 2026
Meanwhile, the much larger Antipodes Islands have experienced a substantial decline.
From Science Daily β Nov. 15, 2026
If any of your readers have experienced anything similar, I’d be grateful to hear their thoughts.
From MarketWatch β Nov. 14, 2026
For a brief moment, Duane experienced absolute silence, which was peaceful but also dreadful, because that was the moment that he and the toboggan, so far above the ground below, finally stopped.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Although Erect-crested penguins breed in just two remote island groups, their populations are experiencing dramatically different outcomes.
From Science Daily β Nov. 15, 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 β Nov. 14, 2026
“We would ask that if you need to make a referral today, or you are experiencing a crisis please call our services rather than email at this time,” the statement said.
From The Wall Street Journal β 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 β Nov. 13, 2026
“This is the chart of physical pain. I want you to tell me, right now, from a scale of zero to ten, are you experiencing any physical pain?”
From "Itβs Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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