do without
Example Sentences
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In Stewart’s view, what a jury was not to be trusted to do without the guidance given in the Georgia statute, they could now be entrusted to do.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
The staging could do without the underscoring that becomes heavy-handed in the play’s later stages.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Hull's Wembley hero McBurnie - a striker Scotland can do without?
From BBC • May 23, 2026
“The King and Queen got me to do something that nobody else was able to do, without hardly even asking!”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
“You’re a good lad. I don’t know what we’ll do without you.”
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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