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 According to Ballal's co-director, Basel Adra, and several eyewitness accounts, Ballal was beaten by more than a dozen Israeli settlers, then taken handcuffed and blindfolded from his home in a military vehicle. Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025 These were composed somewhere far from Jerusalem, in a language that Jesus and his disciples would not have known, by writers who could not have been eyewitnesses. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025 The Rag’s loyal readership also shared their eyewitness accounts of the spectacle in the comments section. Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 21 Mar. 2025 McQuarrie said the young woman didn’t tell anyone about the apparent lifeguard interaction until weeks after the drowning, and the attorney said her claim was inconsistent with city lifeguard training and other eyewitness accounts. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 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 15 Apr. 2025.

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