Thesaurus results for EYEWITNESS

eyewitness

noun

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 Patrick Wahome, who has helped organize protests in the central town of Nanyuki against the facility, and multiple eyewitnesses at the scene said the man died from a gunshot wound to the head. —

Reuters, NBC news, 10 June 2026 The three-part series examines the pop star’s 2005 molestation trial, in which he was acquitted of all charges, and features key players from the trial, including jurors, eyewitnesses and prosecutors. —

Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026 In the series, Gladwell draws on archives, letters, diaries, court records and eyewitness testimonies, along with interviews with American scholars and storytellers. —

Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 June 2026 Feaster found two eyewitness accounts that agreed on the details. —

Ron Cowen, Scientific American, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for eyewitness

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witness

Noun

Rogness is charged with one count of being an accessory after the fact and one count of tampering with a witness, victim or informant.

— Angela George, USA Today, 19 June 2026
Instead, those investigations are handled by an internal group of Air Force specialists tasked with collecting evidence, preserving it and interviewing witnesses.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026