binge-watch
verb
ˈbinj-ˌwäch 
-ˌwȯch
binge-watched; binge-watching; binge-watches
: to watch many or all episodes of (a TV series) in rapid succession
Even those of us who have bundled TV and broadband-Internet subscriptions from telephone or cable companies increasingly use them to binge-watch Netflix shows like Orange Is the New Black on an iPad … rather than flip through 500 channels to find nothing on.—
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His nearly 40-year career has earned him Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and numerous other accolades—as well as TV series such as Californication and The X-Files, which are still binge-watched with abandon.
—Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025
DeLauter would binge-watch shows while Valera tried red light therapy, hyperbaric chambers and anything else that might accelerate his healing.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Therefore, fans interested in a completely canonical binge-watching session only need to make one decision: whether or not to watch Berserk: The Golden Age Arc – Memorial Edition.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2025
Back then, my relatively limited knowledge of food came from binge-watching Ina Garten and collecting a mountainous pile of cookbooks that threatened to take over my bedroom.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
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Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025
DeLauter would binge-watch shows while Valera tried red light therapy, hyperbaric chambers and anything else that might accelerate his healing.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Therefore, fans interested in a completely canonical binge-watching session only need to make one decision: whether or not to watch Berserk: The Golden Age Arc – Memorial Edition.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2025
Back then, my relatively limited knowledge of food came from binge-watching Ina Garten and collecting a mountainous pile of cookbooks that threatened to take over my bedroom.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Binge-watch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/binge-watch. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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