person-to-person
adjective or adverb
: involving two people or going directly from one person to another person
person-to-person communication
The reporter talked person-to-person with the hostage.
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In the air Unlike viruses that require person-to-person contact, measles lingers in the air for up to two hours after the person carrying it has left the space.
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Emily Baumgaertner Nunn, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
This person-to-person approach forms an invisible but crucial foundation of American influence worldwide.
—Carter Popkin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
It’s become harder for all these direct-selling organizations to find great distributors who want to make a living selling person-to-person.
—Lisa Maynard, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Although the risk to humans remains low, and person-to-person transmission is not known to have happened, the virus’s ability to infect different kinds of animals highlights that the microbe can evolve and adapt to infect new hosts, scientists say.
—Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2025
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Emily Baumgaertner Nunn, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
This person-to-person approach forms an invisible but crucial foundation of American influence worldwide.
—Carter Popkin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
It’s become harder for all these direct-selling organizations to find great distributors who want to make a living selling person-to-person.
—Lisa Maynard, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Although the risk to humans remains low, and person-to-person transmission is not known to have happened, the virus’s ability to infect different kinds of animals highlights that the microbe can evolve and adapt to infect new hosts, scientists say.
—Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for person-to-person
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“Person-to-person.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/person-to-person. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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