firsthand

Example Sentences

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Carol’s tender response to the question transmits knowledge never to be gleaned firsthand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 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

The union added that it had "not received any direct reports" and "do not have any firsthand knowledge" of the allegations.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Other members of the Moneyist Facebook Group also say they’ve experienced those shortages firsthand.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Yet the words of one scientist, over a possible landslide and eruption, were hard to reconcile with the evidence the mountain was providing firsthand.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone