firsthand
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One can’t possibly grasp the closeness two people share until they’ve experienced firsthand the joy and indescribable pain that come with the kind of enmeshment written in fate’s codex.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
High-school financial-literacy teachers see that proactive mindset firsthand in their classrooms.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
This is not currently happening in the U.S., but since it has devastated other countries, I was eager to speak with someone who had experienced that worst-case scenario firsthand.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
New generations are coming of age with no firsthand memory of Sept. 11 or the world that existed before it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
She described to us firsthand how she hid the Frank family from the Nazi soldiers and how she found Anne’s diary.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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The Skin I'm In
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The Flicker
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