first-hand

Example Sentences

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I saw that security presence first-hand on my way into the Loews Hotel, where media covering the event are stationed.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

“We are seeing first-hand the increasing need for a secure energy supply amid expanding power demand worldwide,” said Masoud Homayoun, head of EQT Infrastructure, which will hold AES as part of its Infrastructure VI fund.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

They added: "We witness first-hand the medical challenges that these children and their families endure, which makes the portrayal of conjoined twins as a form of entertainment or spectacle especially problematic."

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

A number of American and Canadian tourists have also shared their first-hand accounts of the unrest and how it unfolded with news outlets.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 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