as in adventure
an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand
he always seems to be having the sort of high emprise that most of us experience only in our dreams
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Noun
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As extravagant as these boundless adventures can be, their scores can be equally sparse.—
Billie Bugara,
Pitchfork,
9 May 2026 -
Most visitors come for the underground experience of the cave itself, but there's plenty of aboveground adventures to be had, too, including miles of hiking trails, biking, canoeing and kayaking on the Green and Nolin Rivers, and horseback riding.—
Dave Parfitt,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
Noun
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The experience is still going to sell to a lot of people who can afford it—I’m getting the college experience, the frats, the football.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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Shaina Montiel says her mother stills cries thinking about her harrowing experience with hantavirus at age 5, which, according to the CDC, can have a fatality rate up to 38%, depending on the type of syndrome caused by it.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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“Emprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emprise. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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