first-hand
adjective
from the original source; direct or directly
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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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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
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
There are also frogs, amazing toads, lizards, snakes, spiders, and ants shown and explained, and everything was painted and written in America, first-hand and life-size by Maria Sibylla Merian.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
I saw this first hand with his dissent towards a fitness fielding session in the build-up to the 2014 Sydney Test match, among others.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
After the first plane hit, WSJ reporters started gathering first hand accounts on the street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
It is a bold statement, but Welshman Neil Ward has witnessed the country's passion and plans first hand.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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
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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