firsthand
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I recently discovered this firsthand, after I covered evangelical podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey in a column and on my YouTube show “Standing Room Only.”
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Markets, which suffer from short-term thinking, believe that firsthand experience is the best teacher.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The portrait—often known as “Whipped Peter”—became a lightning rod for the Abolitionist cause, galvanizing many Northerners who had yet to see the effects of slavery firsthand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
I saw firsthand that treating homelessness as a crime actively makes homelessness worse.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026
Cicero, though he followed Aristotle, may not even have known his work firsthand.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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