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without

Used to say that you don't have something or that something isn't in a place. I went all the way to school without my books. It's hard to make a word without a, e, i, o, or u. The picture's OK, but the room looks better without it. Used to say that somebody didn't do something or that something didn't happen. She walked past without looking at me. Without stopping, he ran all the way home. outside

without

(archaic, or, literary) Outside, externally. This is still used in the names of some civil parishes in England, e.g. St Cuthbert Without. Lacking something. (euphemism) In prostitution: without a condom being worn.

without

(archaic, or, literary) Outside of, beyond. Not having, containing, characteristic of, etc. not having

without

(archaic, or, dialect) Unless, except (introducing a clause).

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Simple sentences

I learned to live without her.
I can't live without a TV.
I couldn't have done it without you. Thank you.
He disappeared without a trace.
No sweet without sweat.
Without his glasses, he is as blind as a bat.
I went without food for a week.
I can't live without you.
It goes without saying that health is important.
It goes without saying that health is more important than wealth.
Without hesitation, I granted his request.
Without water, nothing could live on this earth.
I can't live without TV.
Nothing is achieved without effort.
You cannot achieve anything without effort.
Many people drift through life without a purpose.
Life without love is just totally pointless.
Life without love has no meaning at all.
What would the world be without women?
What would the world be like without women?
You don't marry someone you can live with - you marry the person whom you cannot live without.
There cannot be progress without communication.

Movie subtitles

I'm not leaving without you.
Without a scientist, we can not find an antidote.
I will not go out without the keys.
I was planning to do this even without it.
I would at least like a world without war.
Will you lend me your strength so that others can get by without losing their loved ones?
Without any guarantees?
The lower classes should just obey their betters without any back talk!
Without any proper sewage system, medieval London stank to high heaven, whereas human excrement was routinely collected in Chinese cities and spread on outlying fields.
Without having me show people the plates?
Without water, there's nothing to let the grains of sand interact.
And in the same way, without water, there's nothing to allow the atoms - the carbon and oxygen and trace elements - to form the molecules that would give rise to the chemistry of life.
But how is it possible to calculate the number of Earth-like planets orbiting other stars without looking at all the stars?
Without sunlight, there was something else giving this life energy.
That's why. I would at least like a world without war. A place where we won't lose dear ones.
But peace is worth nothing without freedom.
Nothing solid is built without God.
If there's a war, you'll leave without me.
He was. He raided the Mitidja and vanished without a trace.
You wouldn't be here without the army!
You won't build anything without the Algerians.
What if we eloped without your permission?
No. I won't leave without him.
The world couldn't exist without them.
It's just a lot to juggle without his mom around.
Frankie set up a distraction so I could make the catch without Nick finding out.
Maybe to adults it looks like we're just running around, playing whatever we want to, wherever we want to, running all around the yard, willy-nilly without barriers or boundaries.
They don't do anything without each other, so they go out and look for a dead body in the first season, and Scott gets bit by a werewolf.
I'm probably, without knowing it, less lonely than I have been in a long time because I'm interacting with people more often than I have in many years.
Well, that's without a doubt.
That person, without seeing any ghosts, wanted to see Tae Gong Shil, not the radar or anything like that.
Seriously, we can't talk without the mention of a ghost.
But you can't do without him.
But it's true that he can't do without me.
What's the use of going first? Without the Magistrate.
Why did you get rid of them without my permission?
SO THAT, EITHER WAY, S-SHE COULD ACT DECISIVELY AND WITHOUT REGRET. IS THAT POSSIBLE?
IF WE COULD TRIGGER THE SAME PHENOMENON WITHOUT PUTTING YOU IN DANGER.
WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A PHONE CALL.

News and current affairs

The higher the growth rate, the more revenues the government will collect without raising tax rates; and higher revenues enable smaller deficits.
A deal was struck between President Putin and the EU that makes access much easier without compromising the status of Lithuania and Poland within the EU-regime.
That plugged part of the loophole in the treaty without amending it.
The global companies operating in the delta have spilled oil and flared natural gas for decades, without regard for the natural environment and the communities impoverished and poisoned by their actions.
Later writers came to recognize that there are other essential criteria for a successful currency union, which are difficult to achieve without deep political integration.
A logical corollary of the criteria set forth by Kenen and Obstfeld, and even of Mundell's labor-mobility criterion, is that currency unions cannot survive without political legitimacy, most likely involving region-wide popular elections.
Europe's leaders cannot carry out large transfers across countries indefinitely without a coherent European political framework.
But, without further profound political and economic integration - which may not end up including all current eurozone members - the euro may not make it even to the end of this decade.
The first is re-regulation of advanced countries financial systems with a view to ensuring greater stability without impairing essential functions or unnecessarily elevating the cost of capital.
I do not believe it is right to make a change of such magnitude without specifically consulting the people on whose behalf we govern.
They safeguard them, and should not diminish those liberties without an explicit mandate.
The New Yorker confirmed the story much later - without crediting the original source.
Without mutual trust, economic activity is severely constrained.
Until now, Russia has cared less about a new PCA than the EU, because two-thirds of Russia's exports to the Union comprise natural resources, which bring in cash even without the strong rules that a PCA provides.
First of all, as a kid, I just assumed that I would go to the moon, without having to do much in particular to make it happen.
But their main effect may be an erosion of reasoned debate and civil conduct, without which democracy is powerless against the forces of polarization and extremism.
Peasant farmers in Africa, Haiti, and other impoverished regions currently plant their crops without the benefit of high-yield seed varieties and fertilizers.
Peter Kenen argued in the late 1960's that without exchange-rate movements as a shock absorber, a currency union requires fiscal transfers as a way to share risk.
Europe's leaders recognized that distressed countries' debts would become unmanageable unless their economies could grow, and that growth could not be achieved without assistance.
If so, does enlarging the euro's membership really serve Europe's apparent goal of maximizing economic integration without necessarily achieving full political union?

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