as in spree
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
didn't remember a thing after the all-night bender
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Recent Examples of bender
Occasionally the gods stop by, blast some ABBA, go on elysian benders that leave no residue of human suffering, and complain about their terrible kids, who are going to live forever.
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Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Compounding the lousy feeling in your brain, the inflammation that alcohol causes can be tough on the gut the day after a bender, says Dr. Sally Adams, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Birmingham.
—Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 9 Jan. 2025
And, to be real, Friday only works because Chris Tucker is on a bender.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2025
Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni and Richard E. Grant headline the A24 genre bender.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Compounding the lousy feeling in your brain, the inflammation that alcohol causes can be tough on the gut the day after a bender, says Dr. Sally Adams, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Birmingham.
—Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 9 Jan. 2025
And, to be real, Friday only works because Chris Tucker is on a bender.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2025
Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni and Richard E. Grant headline the A24 genre bender.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bender
Noun
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To tap into growing demand, but also support Marriott Bonvoy’s success in the country, Marriott has been on a development spree to grow its luxury brands in Brazil specifically.—
Ramsey Qubein,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Trump is on a firing spree: The Trump administration fired the director of the National Security Agency, his deputy and several other top NSA staffers Thursday.—
Cate Martel,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
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The bus is full of heroes, students, shoppers, phone scrollers, mothers with kids, silent commuters and the occasional drunks.—
Keith Sharon,
The Tennessean,
18 Feb. 2025
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Then, the president’s trainwreck brother, Tripp Morgan (Jason Lee), wakes up in room 301 next to Wynter’s corpse after passing out drunk.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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If Episode 5 is the binge, Episode 6 is the hangover, with Saxon and Lochlan piecing together what happened the night before.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2025
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Hybrid drinking is the antithesis of the frat-party keg stand or boozy brunch binge.—
Joe Chura,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Bender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bender. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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