with the benefit of

idiom

: with the help of (something) : by using (something)
With the benefit of hindsight, he saw where he had made a mistake.
She'll do better with the benefit of more experience.

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Now, two decades later, National Geographic’s Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time revisits the catastrophe with the benefit of hindsight and the tools of modern technology. Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025 Some ideas and initiatives that today may seem infeasible or unnecessary will seem urgent and self-evident with the benefit of hindsight. Matan Chorev, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2025 Promising railroad mergers and all matters a fair shake, decided on the merits and with the benefit of the president’s nationalist economic agenda, could be enough to coax Vena and his peers to try. Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 19 June 2025 One was that league investigators would be more buttoned-up and by the book, with the benefit of attorney-client privilege as well. Evan Drellich, New York Times, 7 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for with the benefit of

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“With the benefit of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/with%20the%20benefit%20of. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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