firsthand
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direct, immediate, primary, unmediated
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The Intuit knowledge - or Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, the culture's oral histories - was perhaps the most complete collection of firsthand accounts to survive over the decades, some of which was recorded in the 1850s and 1860s. — Meagan Flynn, Anchorage Daily News, "A doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic killed 129 men. Now the ship’s artifacts have been found ‘frozen in time.’," 29 Aug. 2019 The early reports are firsthand accounts that come to the FDA, and their contents aren’t necessarily verified. — Los Angeles Times, "Reports linking Juul e-cigarettes to seizures started FDA investigation," 29 Aug. 2019 The drama series is based on the firsthand nonfiction account by Jake Adelstein. — Marcus Jones, EW.com, "All the projects coming to HBO Max, WarnerMedia's upcoming streaming service," 9 July 2019 Now human rights advocates are collecting firsthand accounts of abuses so that he can be brought to trial. — New York Times, "A Beauty Queen Accuses Former Gambian President of Rape: ‘I Literally Stumbled Out of There’," 25 June 2019 People arrived outside Wyman Green for the annual Meet the Machines event as adults and some wide-eyed children received a firsthand view of a collection of street sweepers, trucks and emergency vehicles. — Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com, "Glencoe kids get a chance to climb high and honk horns at Meet the Machines," 23 July 2019 Organizers said Sunday's aims were to reiterate the protesters' demands to the government and to give mainland visitors a firsthand look at their movement. — NBC News, "Hong Kong protesters march again, aiming to take their message to mainland Chinese," 7 July 2019 The head of the Census Bureau came to New Mexico last month for a firsthand look at the struggle to count people who live in far-flung places where the new technology could help. — Russell Contreras, The Denver Post, "High-tech tools help with 2020 census in remote places," 23 June 2019 Learn about the behavior of polar bears, arctic foxes, and other wildlife from the resident researchers, and get a firsthand look at how rising temperatures have affected the surrounding ecosystems here. — National Geographic, "Canadian Arctic High School Expedition," 12 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'firsthand.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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