firsthand

CEFRC1

/ˈfɜːstˌhænd/

adverb · adjective

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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I got this information firsthand.
1990 March, Cliff Gromer, Firsthand Report: Yamaha WaveRunner III, Popular Mechanics.
a firsthand copy

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I recently received a firsthand report from an old friend — John A. Keel — who until last year was as skeptical a newshound as I have known.
1967, Ivan Terence Sanderson, Uninvited Visitors
Ours is a generation of aromantics, jaded about matters of the heart — often before gaining firsthand experience.
1986, Wanda Urbanska, The Singular Generation, Doubleday & Company, published 1986, →ISBN, page 86
Given Mr. Kissinger’s firsthand experience in the anguishing decisions about withdrawal from Vietnam, the disclosure sparked the inevitable Iraq-Vietnam comparisons that Mr. Bush has assiduously sought to avoid.
2007 January 2, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Kissinger’s Appearance Revives Memories of Vietnam Era”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 May 2020
The same sort of doublethink is evident in the White House’s treatment of firsthand impeachment witnesses.
2019 December 2, Eric Lutz, “Trump Lawyer Cites No Due Process as Reason to Sit Out Due Process”, in Vanity Fair, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2021
Hell and tarnations, I've known them for muddleheads and blockheads half my life, and firsthand, but I sure didn't expect them to take leave of their senses, insulting our office of President, making our Party into a white demagogue's party, slapping the Negro vote in the face.
1964, Irving Wallace, The Man, page 537

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