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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Interestingly, water turnover during the post-race week averaged 6.0 liters per day in one runner and 3.4 liters per day in the other, illustrating the substantial the person-to-person differences that can show up in hydration habits.
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 16 July 2025
Those individuals, then, via cough or direct contact, can spread plague person-to-person, and that’s called primary pneumonic plague.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 15 July 2025
The call is for more person-to-person clienteling, which can be aided by AI, yet AI is no substitute for the personal connection.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Originally, it was developed for person-to-person communication.
—Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 16 July 2025
Those individuals, then, via cough or direct contact, can spread plague person-to-person, and that’s called primary pneumonic plague.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 15 July 2025
The call is for more person-to-person clienteling, which can be aided by AI, yet AI is no substitute for the personal connection.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Originally, it was developed for person-to-person communication.
—Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 13 July 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 Jul. 2025.
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