eyewitness
noun
eye·wit·ness
ˈī-ˈwit-nəs 
: one who sees an occurrence or an object
especially
: one who gives a report on what he or she has seen
Examples of eyewitness in a Sentence
The police are hoping to locate an eyewitness to the shooting.
He was able to give an eyewitness account of the shooting.
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For an example of one such case, a friend suggests a dive into the diaries of George Templeton Strong, a wealthy nineteenth-century New York City lawyer, and his eyewitness account, from 1863, of the Draft Riots, in Manhattan.
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Two years later, Monica Rivera, the only eyewitness to the crime, recanted in a tearful phone call with Duran’s family.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Saland, the former prosecutor, said a huge factor in the case will be those eyewitness accounts of the interaction and whether the use of force was justified.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
These convictions were not caused by unintentional mistakes by local law enforcement or misidentification by well-meaning eyewitnesses or honest but erroneous forensic analysis.
—CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Two years later, Monica Rivera, the only eyewitness to the crime, recanted in a tearful phone call with Duran’s family.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Saland, the former prosecutor, said a huge factor in the case will be those eyewitness accounts of the interaction and whether the use of force was justified.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
These convictions were not caused by unintentional mistakes by local law enforcement or misidentification by well-meaning eyewitnesses or honest but erroneous forensic analysis.
—CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Eyewitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eyewitness. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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eyewitness
noun
eye·wit·ness
-ˈwit-nəs
: a person who sees an occurrence and is able to give a report of it
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