eyewitness
noun
a person who actually sees some act, occurrence, or thing and can give a firsthand account of it.
eyewitnesses
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pluralof eyewitness.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Some survivors of the deadly floods on the Nepal-China border ran for their lives, others narrowly missed disaster, but all were eyewitnesses to a major calamity and its aftermath.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
After an interim CEO was appointed, OpenAI executives learned from multiple eyewitnesses that Aschenbrenner had appeared to welcome Altman’s replacement, according to the people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Tooson said there are no eyewitnesses to the shooting and Porter’s death was not captured on video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Videos shared by eyewitnesses showed the bus badly damaged, as local residents rushed to help the injured children.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
In the post-Columbus, post-Galilean world no one could dispute that important discoveries depended solely on the corroboration of eyewitnesses.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
