life experience

idiom

: experience and knowledge gained through living

Examples of life experience in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Lastly, visiting La Folie Douce, probably the biggest on-mountain party in the world, is a life experience. Everett Potter, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024 Generative artificial intelligence has been likened to the world’s smartest intern; one with little life experience, but with occasional flashes of dazzling competence. Diana Spehar, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024 But the effects on those and other marginalized youth are less pronounced, the researchers say, because previous life experience has equipped them with coping mechanisms. Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024 Navigating through an oscillating sense of national pride or shame was another element to Marianne for which Benesch drew upon real life experience to convey. Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for life experience 

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“Life experience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20experience. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.

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