as in drunks
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
didn't remember a thing after the all-night bender
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Recent Examples of benders
Tube benders also use stained glass, phosphorus and mercury to create other colors.
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Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026
In other words, Cunha’s job is to convince the Americans now running the federal government to give Brown’s motley crew of gender-benders, anti-Semites and filthy-rich legacies a good leaving alone.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025
In my many decades of dealing with the city and state, this proposal ranks right up there as one of the all-time mind benders.
—Donna Frye, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026
In other words, Cunha’s job is to convince the Americans now running the federal government to give Brown’s motley crew of gender-benders, anti-Semites and filthy-rich legacies a good leaving alone.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025
In my many decades of dealing with the city and state, this proposal ranks right up there as one of the all-time mind benders.
—Donna Frye, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for benders
Noun
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The movie follows a group of petty cheats, liars and drunks who are duped by nefarious opportunists who visit their crumbling town.—
John Penner,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The industry is still outrunning its early days, when investors like Blackstone went on buying sprees after the foreclosure crisis.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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So far, federal prosecutors have convicted 62 people in connection to the scandal, which tops the list of the nation's most costly COVID-era fraud sprees.—
Jonah Kaplan,
CBS News,
18 Dec. 2025
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Waldo’s digital shopping cart — and McCurdy’s brusque descriptions of her late-night binges — highlight the gaping, cavernous maw of her wants.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
20 Jan. 2026
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Epic Words With Friends sessions or productive Wikipedia binges clearly fall in the less-problematic camp.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2025
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“Benders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benders. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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