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eyewitness

[ahy-wit-nis, ahy-wit-nis, ahy-wit-nis] / ˈaɪˌwɪt nɪs, ˈaɪˈwɪt nɪs, ˈaɪˌwɪt nɪs /


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For example, errors in memory or suggestive questioning during eyewitness interviews can influence how events are remembered.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

Without access to more footage on the ground or eyewitness testimony, satellite imagery is crucial to our understanding of what happened.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

We know that eyewitness identification is notoriously unreliable.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026

Video from the scene did not clearly capture the alleged attack, and Bovino was the only Border Patrol official who testified as an eyewitness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026

There the mystery lingered for many years^ Then, in 1982, an English veterinarian came forward with new eyewitness information about the Marburg monkeys.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston