without (the) benefit of
idiom
: without the help of (something or someone)
The band had to perform without benefit of a rehearsal.
He was able to learn a great deal without the benefit of formal schooling.
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Is McVay going to risk playing the second-year pro without the benefit of full practices?
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Waterman, of Pineville, Mo., pleaded guilty in July without the benefit of a plea agreement to federal charges of kidnapping resulting in death and causing the death of a child in utero.
—Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 15 Oct. 2024
And this is an enormous deficit, a deficit that is in the range of the COVID deficits, without the benefit of any white knights.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
As a result, that thesis is blown and there is really no reason for a company like this to have the expenses and transparency of being public without the benefit of lower capital costs.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2024
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Waterman, of Pineville, Mo., pleaded guilty in July without the benefit of a plea agreement to federal charges of kidnapping resulting in death and causing the death of a child in utero.
—Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 15 Oct. 2024
And this is an enormous deficit, a deficit that is in the range of the COVID deficits, without the benefit of any white knights.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
As a result, that thesis is blown and there is really no reason for a company like this to have the expenses and transparency of being public without the benefit of lower capital costs.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Without (the) benefit of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20%28the%29%20benefit%20of. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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