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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The court is imposing a verdict without benefit of due process, which itself is unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment.
  — WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
• Farming, especially in rural areas with fewer medical centers, is often a 24/7 job without the benefit of sick days.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2024
• There have been persistent reports that Russia is struggling to keep up production without the benefit of Western service companies that have wound down their operations since the Russian invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago.
  — Clifford Krauss, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Aug 2024