do without

Example Sentences

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The Angels’ offense, finishing with four hits, found a way to make do without solely relying on the long ball.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 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 Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Running Low: The artificial intelligence gold rush is rapidly drying up the supply of the one resource that AI developers can’t do without: computing power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

“Not half what we owe, but the best we can do without selling the seed for the next sowing.”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya