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 Without the insight of law enforcement and the eyewitness accounts directly from Dylan and Bethany, Galkin and Garbus leaned even more heavily into the stories of the victims. Hunter Ingram, Variety, 11 July 2025 According to eyewitness testimony and post-wreck analysis, the Titanic took approximately two hours and 40 minutes to sink after crashing into an iceberg — not fast enough for Eric Braeden. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 July 2025 Meteorologists also rely on eyewitness accounts to confirm that a flood event is actually happening, Fogarty, the meteorologist, said. Rick Jervis, USA Today, 7 July 2025 The three-episode production includes rare archival footage and recordings of Jones, along with survivor and eyewitness interviews. R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for eyewitness
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  • The situation, as described in court records by two other witnesses living in the couple’s house, checked nearly every risk factor for lethal domestic violence on a screening tool used by police agencies in Milwaukee County.
    Ashley Luthern, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
  • The Supreme Court threw out Glossip’s murder conviction in February because a key witness lied in court and prosecutors withheld information about him.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 24 July 2025

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“Eyewitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eyewitness. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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