firsthand
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Experience: As a former community college student, Irwin has firsthand knowledge of the L.A. community college student experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
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
I know that firsthand, having grown up without economic privilege and having worked in neighborhoods blighted by socioeconomic hardship.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
Suddenly, he was a known name in the secret-space-program community, as one of the initial such firsthand experiencers to come forward.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
He had never been active in abolitionist circles up north but observing the monstrous system firsthand gave him thoughts he did not recognize.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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