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witness

[wit-nis] / ˈwɪt nɪs /






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"I hope my children and grandchildren can witness it some day."

From BBC

They were witness to humanity’s swift decline into a more isolated, cruel and selfish species.

From Salon

Of all of the trips to Australia I have witnessed, this is the most disappointing.

From BBC

We are witnessing a corrosion of the civic imagination.

From Salon

He claimed the same to witnesses who caught only glimpses of the confrontation.

From The Wall Street Journal