first-hand

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The finished product was created with input from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network in an effort to hear first-hand from the autistic community on the sorts of features the doll should have.

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They saw first-hand what they felt were key elements - a hunger, tremendous work ethic and thirst for knowledge.

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During that time, many learned first-hand how hunger, displacement and death can shape their young lives.

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Hugo Knox, one of its co-founders, said the idea grew out of first-hand experience of selling real trees.

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Frank's widely-read diary - a first-hand account of life for Jewish people under Nazi occupation - has sold more than 30 million copies, has been translated into 70 languages and is required reading in schools around the world.

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