first-hand
adjective
from the original source; direct or directly
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first hand
first handsee at first hand.
first-hand
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from the original source; direct or directly
first-hand news
he got the news first-hand
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from the original source; directly
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For people like Cliffel, who experienced the illness first-hand, the lack of mention in the DSM-5 is "bananas".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Cat said that while many teenagers shun spending time with their parents, she knows first-hand how lonely it is to not have your parents around.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Working in food truck businesses has given Ramirez first-hand knowledge of how to efficiently lay out a mobile kitchen and set up new food vendors for success before they even pick up a knife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
It's just one of the original documents including original maps, correspondence and first-hand accounts, to feature in the exhibition at the UK's National Archives in southwest London which opens on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
“In case,” he said, “the excellent Mrs. Hubbard should take it into her head to acquire first-hand details of the crime to write to her daughter.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Iraola experienced this at first hand when playing as a right-back for him.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Thirty-one-year-old Sitaram Tandel, from a small fishing village in India's Gujarat state, saw the danger at first hand while aboard a Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Former team-mate Emil Krafth experienced Guimaraes' influence at first hand after spending four and a half years with the midfielder at Newcastle.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
The games are all elimination matches now and 13 players on the U.S. roster, including Adams, have experienced that first hand, having lost in the round of 16 four years ago in Qatar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
We may be even less willing to face the issue at first hand than our predecessors because of a secret new hope that maybe it will go away.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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