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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While harvests play less of a role today, the magic of the person-to-person interactions remain. Bernadette Keith, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025 Parts of Africa have been dealing with sustained person-to-person spread of the more severe strain of mpox. Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025 This type of informal, person-to-person or unit-to-unit learning is an important first stage of wartime adaptation. Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2025 There is no person-to-person spread of the bird flu, according to the CDC. Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 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 29 Oct. 2025.

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