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Recent Examples of firsthand
Multiple firsthand accounts confirm that processing legitimate compensation is being complicated by false claims using details found on bag tags.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
This perspective has given me a firsthand view of why so many AI initiatives fail.
—Andy Watts, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
These include a Nunavut man’s firsthand account of discovering the wreck of the HMS Terror, one of British Captain John Franklin’s two doomed mid-19th-century expedition ships, which became trapped in ice before sinking off the southwest coast of King William Island.
—Robin Catalano, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Maybin speaks not only from his perspective as an analyst, but also from his firsthand knowledge of life in professional baseball.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
This perspective has given me a firsthand view of why so many AI initiatives fail.
—Andy Watts, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
These include a Nunavut man’s firsthand account of discovering the wreck of the HMS Terror, one of British Captain John Franklin’s two doomed mid-19th-century expedition ships, which became trapped in ice before sinking off the southwest coast of King William Island.
—Robin Catalano, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Maybin speaks not only from his perspective as an analyst, but also from his firsthand knowledge of life in professional baseball.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firsthand
Adjective
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And while Sturm offers a small group of men’s options (the Face Cream Men doubles as an after-shave soother), some of her male clientele seem content to buy the primary unisex line.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
18 Oct. 2025
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Essential menopause services belong in national primary health packages and in public and private insurance coverage.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Earlier this year, China and India agreed to resume direct flights, which had been suspended since the COVID pandemic.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Pino is more technically adept than Sarr, a threat with his direct, intelligent runs in behind back lines and his calm finishing.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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That was punctuated by the incident in Dubai, which Raducanu said left her struggling to breathe properly in the immediate aftermath.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, the Young Republican National Federation called for the immediate resignations of leaders in the organization exposed in a Politico story to have sent racist, antisemitic and other derogatory text messages to one another in a private chat.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Firsthand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firsthand. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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