experience
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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Williamson, who is nonbinary and identifies under the trans umbrella, said it is “already very scary being openly queer in Perris,” where the Harry Potter experience is hosted.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 29, 2026
Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, Phil Foden, Josko Gvardiol and Antoine Semenyo provide the experience to a group of players that contains a number from the elite development squad and with opportunities up for grabs.
From BBC β Jul. 29, 2026
Research about the performance of former executives who return to the role is mixed, but their presence brings an instant sense of credibility and experience.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 29, 2026
What is the single most important lesson a young investor today can take from that experience?
From MarketWatch β Jul. 29, 2026
“Considering this was your first experience working together, I would say it went very well, actually.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
This process could help explain why certain food experiences become especially memorable.
From Science Daily β Jul. 29, 2026
And nearly 80% said affordable weekend social experiences sound appealing to them.
From MarketWatch β Jul. 29, 2026
Her work also highlighted her own rich and varied life experiences.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 28, 2026
The collaboration will bring supporters different match day dining experiences, hospitality packages and corporate events throughout the season.
From BBC β Jul. 28, 2026
Olaudah Equiano, who had been captured as a boy, later wrote about his experiences.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Morgan Rogers, signed for a club record £117m from Aston Villa earlier this month, is also relatively experienced, despite having just turned 24.
From BBC β Jul. 29, 2026
“In all our years of normal operations, we have never experienced an accident with gas supply.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 29, 2026
Matt Coker, the captain of the boat Philp and media were on, told the BBC he had never experienced a similar incident.
From BBC β Jul. 29, 2026
The chain has experienced other problems as well, including remodels that backfired, agitation among activist investors and same-store sales that have wobbled over Masino’s three-year tenure.
From MarketWatch β Jul. 28, 2026
Free hunting was a tactic the Soviet Air Force exploited in 1943 and assigned to experienced fighter pilots of exceptional talent.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
On land, Japan is experiencing a severe heatwave with thousands of people needing hospital treatment over a week.
From Barron's β Jul. 29, 2026
Later events in our lives, like entering a new relationship, experiencing a breakup or dealing with bereavement, can also be influential.
From BBC β Jul. 28, 2026
Some vendors at the Central Avenue Farmers Market are open to bartering or trading with customers experiencing food scarcity.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 28, 2026
These themes reflected the conditions people were experiencing in daily life.
From Science Daily β Jul. 27, 2026
Like he’d imagined every possible outcome of this moment— me looking for Traveler and seeing Oliver instead—and we were experiencing the worst of them.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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