first-hand
adjective
from the original source; direct or directly
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from the original source; direct or directly
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"I can say from first-hand observation that the reality on the ground is far more severe than images can convey," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
When 17-year-old student Max Avena visited the site of New York's fallen Twin Towers, hearing the first-hand accounts of survivors of the deadliest attacks on US soil left him "speechless."
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Your advice is sound, particularly as it comes from first-hand experience.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
The women explained that they had been nurses at the Sudbury hospital and saw the treatments and “volunteer studies” first-hand.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
Jennings has seen first hand the difference the garden has made to members.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 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
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
As Friday afternoon gave way to Friday evening in Paris, Djokovic saw those "goods" first hand and lost.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
He knew how shocking the destruction of that world had been, for he had experienced it at first hand.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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