primary source

[prahym-er-ee sawrs, sohrs]

noun

1. a first-hand or original account.

Example Sentences

For this homicide investigation, Burning Man said, “the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office will be the primary source of further information.”

From Salon

The most surprising thing right away was that, once you really look at the primary source material on multi-level marketing, which at the time was called pyramid selling, they really didn't hide how it worked.

From Salon

These will then be stored on the seabed and recovered after the team has recovered the ship's hull, which investigators say is a primary source of evidence.

From BBC

Mr Vaishnav said data from 2020 shows that online news was the primary source of information about India, followed by television, social media and word of mouth.

From BBC

The proliferation of synthetic images makes the job of documentarians and researchers — safeguarding the integrity of primary source material, digging through archives, presenting history accurately — even more urgent.

From Los Angeles Times