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eyewitness

noun

Definition of 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 After the dust cleared, the Patriots fan was in handcuffs and eyewitnesses were alleging that this was all over the Pats fan trying to sit in the wrong seat. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026 The details remain unproveable, and reports of the event vary, even from the few eyewitnesses, but the legend has remained. — Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026 The people in the video matched the descriptions eyewitnesses to the shooting, many of whom were school students, gave to Louisville police, Skaggs said. — Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Sep. 2026 Through the voices of survivors, fire responders, eyewitness testimony and rare video, the project offers viewers a chance to learn more about the attacks and their aftermath from multiple perspectives. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for eyewitness

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Smoke rose over the site after the blast, which witnesses and residents said was heard far away, followed by gunfire.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
Autopsy photos displayed in court revealed welts, bruises and scars all over the boy’s body, and police found ropes and chains in the apartment that witnesses said were used to restrain him.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

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