firsthand
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Mr. Sharkey began working as a photographer at the family business when he was 16, and his firsthand accounts of the appointments give color to these mostly black-and-white portraits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
In our work, we see these two scenarios unfolding firsthand: One of us advises corporate boards on what to watch for in AI; the other embeds AI into investor workflows.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
As a player he had seen firsthand how quickly sinking threes could open up a game.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
The union said it had not “received any direct reports, and we do not have any firsthand knowledge of these allegations.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Cooksey witnessed firsthand the conversion of a skeptic into a believer in April 1938, while he was traveling back east on what amounted to a sales mission.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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