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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After a slow start as the then-35-year-old with no prior managerial experience found his bearings, Chandler built a talented team which became the envy of non-league football nationwide.
From BBC β Sep. 30, 2026
America.gov website will test the administration’s ambitions to improve the online experience for citizens.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 29, 2026
Rose is incredibly grateful for the incredible experience and enormous audiences she shared with her friend, Dean.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 29, 2026
Once they arrived, Daniel said he stayed in the background, letting Albie-Junior enjoy the experience as "it was his thing".
From BBC β Sep. 29, 2026
This entire experience is an extremely elaborate virtual-reality game show, and at any moment I’m going to be told I’ve won a brand-new car.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Some researchers liken the mind to a snow globe: the drugs temporarily disrupt established thought patterns, allowing thoughts and feelings to settle differently and providing new perspectives on past experiences.
From BBC β Sep. 29, 2026
“I hope you understand that life changing experiences can shift your perspective and that you’re able to extend a little more grace to others moving forward. Have a nice day!”
From MarketWatch β Sep. 28, 2026
Chef Isabel Coss spoke about deliberately seeking out experiences that leave her feeling a little out of place.
From Salon β Sep. 27, 2026
Evenepoel has said those experiences have made him physically stronger—in ways that cycling doesn’t—and taught him how to cope with disappointment once he realized he’d never grow into a high-level pro.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 26, 2026
I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
"As I appear before you today, it is my belief that the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we have experienced in our lifetime," Smith said.
From Barron's β Sep. 29, 2026
Before making this record, you stopped living with your dad, moved to a place of your own, and experienced a time of profound loneliness.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 29, 2026
The company has experienced no equipment-related production stoppages since 2014, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 28, 2026
One can’t possibly grasp the closeness two people share until they’ve experienced firsthand the joy and indescribable pain that come with the kind of enmeshment written in fate’s codex.
From Salon β Sep. 28, 2026
But as I’d already experienced, she was really good at using secrets to her benefit—including her own “secrets.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
A 2024 national agreement on the policy, external said people experiencing mental health crises should not be left without support.
From BBC β Sep. 30, 2026
Nvidia is swimming in cash — enough to make history with the announcement of a new $150 billion buyback program — but its customers are experiencing a very different financial reality.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 29, 2026
To reach the necessary altitude and speed, "the rocket has to do different things when it's experiencing different levels of gravity," she told AFP.
From Barron's β Sep. 28, 2026
“Today,” Robin continued, “the church in France is experiencing something very unique: It is transitioning from a Christianity that was once inherited to a Christianity that is chosen.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 28, 2026
When I tried to enter school that day, I ended up experiencing the worst thing I’ve ever gone through.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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