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• The court came up with that reading of the statute on its own, without the benefit of briefing from the parties.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2023
• The Brewers took two of three in Wrigley without the benefit of a home run, but the Crew is now on the board in the power department.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2023
• Achieving the same growth this year, without the benefit of that rebound, could be much harder.
  — Chris Buckley, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
• The visuals are still immense, but this time around, the film must stand on its own, without the benefit of pandemic-era bonus points.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024
• Enter Email Sign Up That was without the benefit of much of an offseason or practice time.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
• D’Agostino pointed out that five high-level appointments had been made without the benefit of a search.
  — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2024
• If the strike is not resolved by December, the film will go out into the world without the benefit of a publicity push from its stars.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2023
• Jade is a demanding, tough material, and the artist made it without the benefit of metal tools.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
• Flooring the throttle from rest without benefit of brake-torquing raises the time to the mid-six-second bracket (but requires less planning).
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 14 May 2023
• But doing so without the benefit of acquiring multiple first-round draft picks is a non-starter.
  — Afentres, oregonlive, 9 June 2023
• Rusty Nate In his first outing in nearly 50 days — and without the benefit of a rehab assignment — Nathan Eovaldi looked like, well, a guy who hasn’t pitched in 50 days.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
• From afar, and without the benefit of being in his body, this was about more than fitness and an unusually warm Parisian afternoon.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
• Bass and her counterparts have had to react to Saturday’s fire in real time, without the benefit of weeks of public warnings.
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• Production on finished screenplays can proceed as planned (without the benefit of last-minute rewrites).
  — Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2023
• Specialists who met with him over Zoom without the benefit of conducting an exam all said the same thing: Playing again was too dangerous.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• Lively will be returning from a pectoral injury that sidelined him June 24 and will return to the rotation without the benefit of a rehab start in the minors.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2023
• First filed in 2020, the Gordon lawsuit alleged that the Ash Street lease violated the state constitution by indebting the city for two decades without the benefit of a public vote.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2023
• But the officer’s threat assessment should be evaluated without the benefit of hindsight, the court said.
  — Lea Skene, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
• The new tolling contractor will be a joint venture of Deloitte and A-to-Be, under a nearly $30 million agreement that was reached without the benefit of competitive bidding.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2024
• Washington knew from his job that a young Black man who was illiterate and without benefit of parental guidance was already condemned to a prison of ignorance.
  — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
• People with perfect pitch can instantly identify each note or chord played without the benefit of a reference note.
  — John Blake, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
• Torres could be sentenced to death or life imprisonment without the benefit of parole for the murder conviction.
  — Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 21 Feb. 2023
• When the city bids out a project, for the most part it’s forced to separate these processes — meaning the design process goes without the benefit of construction expertise, the result of state rules aimed at stemming corruption.
  — Doreen Cugno, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2024
• But without the benefit of contemporary surgical tools, how did trepanning even work?
  — Popular Science, 7 Mar. 2024
• The process becomes more complicated when buying shoes online, without the benefit of trying them on or even examining them up close.
  — Annie Midori Atherton, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
• Those early singles were written without the benefit of editors, often within a matter of hours.
  — Madeline Ashby, WIRED, 2 May 2024
• Kansas City’s defense has not given up more than two touchdowns in a game, meaning Herbert again will face pressure — this time in the form of having to be productive likely without the benefit of a running attack.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
• Some also argue people in jails and prisons don’t need cooling because plenty of people outside of prison sweat it out without the benefit of fans or air conditioning.
  — Umair Irfan, WIRED, 20 July 2024
• If convicted of capital murder, he could be sentenced to life imprisonment without the benefit of parole or the death penalty.
  — Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 27 May 2023
• However, viruses tend to spread much more quickly indoors, without the benefit of airflow to disperse virus particles.
  — Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024