extraordinary experience

collocation in English

meaningsofextraordinaryandexperience

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extraordinary
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstrɔː.dɪn.ər.i/us
/ɪkˈstrɔːr.dən.er.i/
very unusual, special, unexpected, ...
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experience
noun
uk
/ɪkˈspɪə.ri.əns/us
/ɪkˈspɪr.i.əns/
(the process of getting) knowledge or skill from doing, seeing, or ...
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(Definition ofextraordinaryandexperiencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This was anextraordinaryexperience.
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We have heard already of theextraordinaryexperiencethrough which our chairman had to go.
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This is a man ofextraordinaryexperienceand knowledge in these matters and one whose judgment is entitled to the greatest respect.
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In that body are a large number of men and women ofextraordinaryexperience.
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It was anextraordinaryexperienceto be there and it put a song in one's heart—that is the only way in which to describe it.
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I myself went through anextraordinaryexperienceon the day of our board meeting.
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It was anextraordinaryexperience, unaccompanied by any publicity.
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However, my attitude to this problem has radically changed and it has changed because ofextraordinaryexperience.
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I have had theextraordinaryexperienceof having to open a sale of work for the purpose of raising funds to pay the rates of a local sports ground.
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It is a mostextraordinaryexperience.
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The journey was anextraordinaryexperience.
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It was anextraordinaryexperience.
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That was anextraordinaryexperience.
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It was the mostextraordinaryexperience.
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We also haveextraordinaryexperience.
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In the last few months we have had theextraordinaryexperienceof back bencher after back bencher opposite putting to front benchers requests for reductions in expenditure.
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It is an amazing andextraordinaryexperience.
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Nevertheless, theextraordinaryexperienceof reading a foreign government's most closely held communications, sometimes even before the intended recipient, was astonishing.
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It is anextraordinaryexperienceto be a part of the desert dance, an exposition of calmness of the desert evening.
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Instead, they suggest that nature-based tourism experiences should be thought of as extraordinary experiences and not as an environmental education tool that promulgates conservation.
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