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 According to their eyewitnesses, Styles and his friends arrived at the tent around 1:45 a.m. on June 29, and this as-yet-unidentified brunette came separately shortly thereafter. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 30 June 2025 According to eyewitnesses who spoke with NPR, the group's aid distribution has been chaotic and dangerous. Daniel Estrin, NPR, 26 June 2025 The City of Roswell Fire Department, along with officials in Forsyth and Dawson counties in Georgia, confirmed receiving multiple eyewitness accounts, according to the 11 Alive TV station. Jenna Sundel gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025 Video from an eyewitness shows dark smoke trailing behind the plane's engines midair. Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for eyewitness
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  • At least two dozen defendants and one witness in criminal cases in metro Denver have been taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and deported in the middle of ongoing state prosecutions since September, The Denver Post found.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 July 2025
  • The probe will include interviews of all responding officers and witnesses and a review of all video of the incident, including clips posted to social media as well as public and private surveillance footage.
    Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 13 July 2025

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“Eyewitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eyewitness. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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