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 While Sweetpea and Ed Burgess were busy congratulating themselves for securing Tony Day’s damning eyewitness account of Tender’s fraudulence, Whitney threatened his man in Africa back into the fold. —

Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026 Administration officials persisted in those claims even after their accounts were largely contradicted by eyewitness videos. —

Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2026 The Cadillac was more recognized by eyewitnesses than Moore’s face, and police later located the vehicle under a tarp in Richmond. —

Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026 Sabit presents us with dozens of eyewitness accounts from neighbors, friends, law enforcement and news media, all of whom attempt to understand a tragedy that’s revealed about one-third of the way through the book. —

Chris Hewitt, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for eyewitness

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witness

Noun

Memories are fading, potential witnesses are dying and the main person of interest is now in his 70s.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
Prosecutors are fighting to prevent Cox from being able to cross examine witnesses.

— Amy DeLaura, The Washington Examiner, 28 Feb. 2026