Thesaurus results for EYEWITNESS

eyewitness

noun

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 on the Web Those included a timeline of May 15 events written by a student newspaper, images of protestors barricading the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall, a memo from UC Irvine PD and two eyewitness statements from Associate Deans. —

Victoria Le, Orange County Register, 7 Aug. 2024 The two eyewitnesses, Dunn's then-girlfriend and her son, both heard Dunn telling Torres to stop hitting him with the bat. —

Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2024 The state's eyewitnesses, ages 12 and 14 at the time, later recanted, claiming they were coerced by police and prosecutors. —

CBS News, 22 July 2024 With no murder weapon, eyewitnesses or physical evidence, the state relied on phone records and surveillance footage that prosecutors said showed Feldman walking away from Pikesville High School after Wheeler was killed. —

Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for eyewitness

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