firsthand
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Apple customers have firsthand experience with the efficiency of Arm’s designs, which have been used in MacBook chips since 2020 and easily beat x86 chips in terms of speed and battery life.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Perhaps the writer was eager for firsthand experience with betting apps and asked his editors to find a spiritual workaround.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
"We have seen both sides of this country firsthand."
From BBC • May 1, 2026
“I have seen firsthand how the justice system affects everyone involved — victims, defendants and families alike — and that perspective informs my approach to every case,” she said in an email.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Yet scores of them had managed, in the past week, to reach the ears of journalists, to take their firsthand reports to the public.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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