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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All job seekers, but aspiring career changers especially, will benefit from the person-to-person introductions that come from a supportive professional network. —

Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 Andes virus is the only hantavirus known to have documented person-to-person transmission, though such spread is considered rare. —

Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026 Large outbreaks are extremely rare; just 2% to 5% of all Andes cases are estimated to stem from person-to-person transmission. —

Erika Edwards, NBC news, 13 May 2026 There are a handful of studies that have investigated how the Andes hantavirus spreads, and there have been past outbreaks where person-to-person spread was observed. —

Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 13 May 2026 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 5 Jun. 2026.

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