eyewitness

as in witness
a person who sees something happen and is able to describe it The police are hoping to locate an eyewitness to the shooting.

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Recent Examples of eyewitness This shocking report on what would come to be known as the Holocaust was based on firsthand eyewitness accounts provided by Solomon Wiener and Michael (pronounced Mee-Cha-El) Podchlebnik, two escapees from Chełmno, one of the first extermination camps set up in Poland. Josh Weiss, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025 Ironically, The World Will Tremble proves most effective in its coda, when onscreen text informs us that the two men provided the first eyewitness account of the mass murder of Jews. Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025 Syria violence Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to eyewitnesses and video, providing a gruesome picture of a crackdown against remnants of the former Assad regime that spiraled into communal killings. Tricia Escobedo, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025 No doubt future historians will reference Armstrong Williams’ eyewitness account of President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for eyewitness

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“Eyewitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eyewitness. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

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