do without
Example Sentences
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"It's an experience, you know, I would be happy to do without it, but everybody's been very kind here, very good, so we have to be thankful."
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Which is what dogs do without a second’s thought.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
In recent weeks, the stock market has had to make do without momentum from memory and other highflying chip stocks that had driven lofty first-half gains.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
Tuchel, correctly, decided he could not do without Bellingham's class and big tournament experience.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
The ward could do without disciplinarians like her.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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