firsthand
Example Sentences
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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.
Slyly, he told the lawyer he couldn’t possibly connect him with a grad student until he had seen the situation firsthand.
Violet Sease, the beaming retiree who has taken Oliver’s place at the ticket booth for Sunday night’s screening, has lived in Hebron for 50 years and seen the changes firsthand.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
