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 There have been 38 preliminary eyewitness reports of tornadoes in Florida since the night of Oct. 9, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Storm Prediction Center. Stephany Matat, Isabella O'Malley, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2024 Over the next four years, Thompson embarked on a far-reaching reporting venture, drawing on hundreds of interviews, eyewitness accounts, academic tomes and archival documents to piece together the story of Till’s final hours. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024 Despite the ongoing mystery, the abundance of eyewitness reports and indirect evidence points to the possibility that ball lightning is indeed real. Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024 For an example of one such case, a friend suggests a dive into the diaries of George Templeton Strong, a wealthy nineteenth-century New York City lawyer, and his eyewitness account, from 1863, of the Draft Riots, in Manhattan. Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 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 21 Dec. 2024.

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