- a variation of firsthand.
first-hand
Example Sentences
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Your advice is sound, particularly as it comes from first-hand experience.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
For people like Cliffel, who experienced the illness first-hand, the lack of mention in the DSM-5 is "bananas".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Working in food truck businesses has given Ramirez first-hand knowledge of how to efficiently lay out a mobile kitchen and set up new food vendors for success before they even pick up a knife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
“I know first-hand the importance of our armed forces having the kit and technology they need to do the difficult job we ask of them,” defense chief Dan Jarvis said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
There are also frogs, amazing toads, lizards, snakes, spiders, and ants shown and explained, and everything was painted and written in America, first-hand and life-size by Maria Sibylla Merian.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
