benedicts

Definition of benedictsnext
plural of benedict

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Noun
  • Created by Katherine Jakeways and based on Edith Wharton's unfinished novel, published posthumously in 1938, The Buccaneers follows the titular group of American heiresses who travel to England seeking husbands during the Gilded Age in the 1870s.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Our partners and husbands and friends understand.
    Leslie Hsu Oh, Outside, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Married people could connect, cheat on their spouses and go home and resume their normal lives.
    Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Former presidents and their spouses receive lifelong Secret Service protection under federal law, but there are no provisions guaranteeing the elite levels of private travel that were necessary features of their time in office.
    Meg Kinnard, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • From family and significant others to the cat that ate half my birthday cake last night, now is our chance to show our appreciation that often goes unsaid.
    Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The cast of The Pitt has scrubbed in for season 2, and so have some of their real-life significant others.
    Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Burkle’s lawsuit against Anderson, filed last month, appears to be part of a bitter falling out between the two longtime business partners and friends, according to The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, which first reported on the litigation.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Microsoft, one of Anthropic’s biggest partners, agreed.
    Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Doors are being smashed and old men dragged out of bed.
    Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
  • According to booking records, the suspects appear to be two 18-year-old men.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Demand for those classes — in which participants learn how to navigate avalanche terrain, how to read the snowpack and look for warning signs, and how to rescue their companions should the worst happen — has grown alongside backcountry skiing’s popularity.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Their bid to cash in on the find quickly unravels into a dangerous pursuit, as smugglers and rivals close in and an unlikely band of companions, including a resourceful fish vendor and a volatile local troublemaker, get swept up in the mayhem.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Across 50 episodes, Anderson unpacked everything from why gay men prefer iced coffee to whether bottoms would survive the apocalypse (the answer is yes).
    Jessica Lipsky, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • This is a harsher version of Rooster’s insistence that anyone can be rehabilitated, one that acknowledges that some damage is irreparable, and that the people who benefit from infinite patience and forgiveness are usually men of privilege.
    Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Benedicts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benedicts. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.

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