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Recent Examples of eyewitness
The catching of a culprit—more than three decades after the fact, without forensic evidence or eyewitnesses—was heralded as an overdue reparation for police negligence and as a civil-rights milestone for Australia’s gay community.
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Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
An eyewitness, Josh Thomas, disputed this while recounting the events to WGN-TV.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
One of the last living Holocaust survivors from the small Polish town of Gniewoszów, along with an aging eyewitness, break decades of silence about Jews who were murdered there six months after the Nazis were defeated.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
To that point, eyewitness testimony could prove crucial.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
An eyewitness, Josh Thomas, disputed this while recounting the events to WGN-TV.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
One of the last living Holocaust survivors from the small Polish town of Gniewoszów, along with an aging eyewitness, break decades of silence about Jews who were murdered there six months after the Nazis were defeated.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
To that point, eyewitness testimony could prove crucial.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eyewitness
witness
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On Monday, a faction of the paramilitary gendarmerie supporting the protests also took control of the gendarmerie at a formal ceremony in the presence of senior government officials, a Reuters witness said.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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However, a witness and video footage showed Kuenn did not stop at the stop sign, according to the criminal complaint.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Eyewitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eyewitness. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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