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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The punishment for capital murder is life imprisonment without the benefit of parole or the death penalty.
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Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 3 Sep. 2024
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
Much of its intransigence is driven by the politics of fear: what if, for example, a captive is acquitted in a civilian trial because the judge bars evidence obtained by the military without benefit of counsel?
—Carol Rosenberg, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2011
Eminem’s prior album, 2020’s Music to Be Murdered By, moved 279,000 in its first week, without the benefit of an advance single or a career-spanning narrative hook.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 17 July 2024
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Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 3 Sep. 2024
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
Much of its intransigence is driven by the politics of fear: what if, for example, a captive is acquitted in a civilian trial because the judge bars evidence obtained by the military without benefit of counsel?
—Carol Rosenberg, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2011
Eminem’s prior album, 2020’s Music to Be Murdered By, moved 279,000 in its first week, without the benefit of an advance single or a career-spanning narrative hook.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 17 July 2024
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