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firsthand English
Meaning firsthand meaning
What does firsthand mean?
firsthand
Synonyms firsthand synonyms
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Examples firsthand examples
How do I use firsthand in a sentence?
Simple sentences
I got this information firsthand.
Movie subtitles
He'll give you all the news firsthand.
And there's a war correspondent outside who wants to get your story firsthand.
Well, I'd be glad to get some firsthand information.
You will have the privilege of seeing all this firsthand.
I've seen his report, of course. but there are a few things I'd like to get firsthand.
Our chief problem is lack of firsthand knowledge.
I do like firsthand information.
I am asking you if you have any firsthand, personal knowledge of such a case!
Believe me, I know them firsthand.
I know firsthand.
I prefer to remain conscious. so I may view the attempted seduction at firsthand. because you've got a surprise coming, Charlie.
You must know them firsthand.
He will be killed after he has had firsthand experience of our mind scanner.
After long deliberation, I have decided to go out and personally examine the barrier to learn firsthand what difficulties are involved and decide how to overcome them.
Uh, Zig, would you like to start the critique, since you also have firsthand knowledge on the subject?
But we won't know if it's accurate unless we go see firsthand.
The boys will need a little firsthand persuasion. in order to keep going.
I've seen his report, of course but there are a few things I'd like to get firsthand.
Now in just a few moments, we'll show you excerpts from a film made by the Byrd expedition which'll give you firsthand information on many of the problems which you are apt to encounter.
Dave, the Governor is supposed to fly here to get a firsthand look at the disaster area.
I got it firsthand.
I suppose that's firsthand.
Pity. I do like firsthand information.
Believe me, I know them firsthand. That's how I make a living.
I got a firsthand report on what it's like on the other side from that Hamilton babe, and, I'm telling you, we gotta watch our steps.
There's action, adventure, advising. and you'll get a chance to see the war firsthand.
I had firsthand information, sir.
It is a different thing to see it firsthand.
I want to see this dead grandmother, firsthand.
I think it's justifiable to go once, to know firsthand what it is you oppose.
Specialists gathered at the Springfield Primate Institute. for a firsthand examination of the controversial creature.
I'm here live in Korea. to give you a firsthand look at how American cartoons are made.
News and current affairs
I experienced firsthand the need for a new approach in 2004 in Sri Lanka.
The records contained firsthand accounts of the anger felt by Americans at the ISI's unwillingness to confront the insurgents, in particular those who were attacking US and NATO troops near the Pakistani border.
As Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, I have seen firsthand the devastation and heartbreak caused by disasters around the world.
During the East Asia crisis of the late 1990's, he saw firsthand the failure of the conventional wisdom pushed by the US Treasury and the International Monetary Fund.
Betty knew firsthand the potential consequences of this lack of knowledge.
As someone born in the old Soviet Union, I know firsthand the despair and brutality of such attempts.
In one case, environmental activists took villagers from a proposed dam site to another town to see firsthand how poorly others had fared in the dam resettlement process.
Whether they are being exposed to refugees firsthand, or just seeing images of them splashed across newspaper pages, Europeans are well aware of the vast numbers of desperate people trying to enter European Union territory by any means possible.
Both women experienced firsthand how even distinguished careers did not save them - and thousands of their high-achieving peers - from feeling derailed, without adequate options for work-family balance.
The world already knows of China's success and its attractiveness as a destination for foreign investment, but few outsiders have seen firsthand the steep price the country is paying for its new prosperity.
Efforts to do so usually ended disastrously. As someone born in the old Soviet Union, I know firsthand the despair and brutality of such attempts.
After his father was purged by Mao Zedong, he went to work in the countryside, even before the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution, experiencing firsthand all of the hardships that many of his generation endured.
I am fearful of the effects of unrestrained domestic surveillance for specific reasons: I worked in two US presidential campaigns, and saw firsthand the standard tactics - nonviolent but still mafia-inflected - of high-level politics.
As the number of people who have witnessed firsthand the effects of measles and other childhood diseases - such as mumps, rubella, polio, and whooping cough - has declined, so has society's commitment to keeping them away.
As they enter the workforce, their language skills improve, their household income soars, and their children see firsthand a woman in a respected, economically valued role.