long experience

noun

: a long period of time during which a person has done something (such as a job)
someone with long experience in the UN

Examples of long experience in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Her long experience helps her formulate questions closely tied to the candidate, as well as questions that require the candidate to show how their leadership experience and aspiration fits into a larger picture. Dr. Marlena Corcoran, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 The European Union is in an especially strong position to support this effort, given its long experience in building regionwide civilian-military coordination. Joseph Sany, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2024 The aerospace industry leader vowed to bring its long experience in supporting the space agency and leverage its human spaceflight experience to make the program successful. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 2 June 2023 This comes from long, long experience, especially in astronomy. Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2010 Ireland should know from long experience under foreign and native governments that criminalizing ideas does not prevent people from thinking them, believing in them, or acting on them. The Editors, National Review, 29 Nov. 2023 Pence repeatedly invoked Reagan and stressed his long experience in conservative politics. Molly Ball, Time, 24 Aug. 2023 Della Volpe has long experience with young voters as director of the semi-annual Youth Poll conducted by the Institute of Politics at Harvard’s Kennedy School. David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023 But, while campaigning, that long experience has imbued him with the political savvy to adapt to the shifting electoral landscape. Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023

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“Long experience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20experience. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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