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witness

[wit-nis] / ˈwɪt nɪs /






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A witness named Michael, who saw the crash, said in an interview with OnScene.TV that the car was traveling at a high rate of speed and that the driver was a woman.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

“No one / bears witness for the / witness,” he writes in the 1967 poem “Ashglory.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

To witness, in the Christian sense, is not to merely describe events.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

The witness is married to Complainant A and cannot be named to protect her anonymity.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

“We might need a witness for whatever this is.”

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty




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