firsthand
Example Sentences
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The BEA collects little data firsthand, instead collating and publishing numbers gathered by other agencies.
As someone who ran a digitally centered campaign for president, I’ve seen this effect firsthand—on myself and my competitors.
Scientists experienced this firsthand in 2013, when they were asked to analyze tiny fragments of moss to help determine where a body had been buried.
From Science Daily
On the other side of the world, Tran has seen the results of ICE’s actions firsthand.
From Salon
I know this firsthand, having traveled to comfort victims of terror in Argentina, Paris and Turkey, and as a clergy first responder at Ground Zero on Sept. 11, 2001.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
