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verb

as in to drink
to take part in drunken revelry a program designed to educate college students about the dangers of bingeing

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Recent Examples of binge
Noun
The show, which concluded its eighth season in March, deviates from Netflix's normal binge model by rolling out new episodes weekly. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 May 2025 Lillard also had some great moments in those final Portland seasons, including a scoring binge that featured a 60-point game in his final Trail Blazers year. Eric Koreen, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Verb
The deals also will give Peacock and Hulu access to older episodes of the programs, enabling their viewers to binge on the brainteasers. Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025 Laid debuted on Peacock on December 19, with all eight half-hour episodes landing at once to binge. Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for binge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for binge
Noun
  • The film sees Steamboat Willie’s first mate, Minnie, go on a killing spree when seeking revenge against the childhood bullies who tortured her as a teenager.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 30 June 2025
  • Zuckerberg’s poaching spree is just the high-stakes version of a much older human truth: transformation is easier to imagine when someone close has already blazed the trail.
    Ellen Choi, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • His mother Scarlett and brother Lance flew in for the event to watch Wactor on screen one more time.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 26 June 2025
  • Expect gourmet popcorn and chocolates, along with celebration arrangements, popcorn bars and party bags for event planning.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • At school, nothing was more shameful to me than seeing my father drinking from the water fountain, sucking and gulping.
    Ottessa Moshfegh, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • At the first mention of the Trump’s name, Straus sighs and grabs her drink off the bar, taking a long sip.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • What amazing feats the confidence of the drunk can accomplish.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 May 2025
  • Sometimes rough language is all a drunk can understand.
    Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • On July 13, Saturn (the planet of karma and lessons) starts its retrograde cycle in the sign of Aries, with Mercury retrograde joining the party a few days later on the 18th.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
  • The judge also ordered the parties to address whether and how the Supreme Court's recent ruling limiting universal injunctions should apply to her order.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • These increasingly crazed visitors spend their days lazing on the shore, drinking and eating, carousing with prostitutes, and abusing Rosa (played by B-movie actress Leonora Fani, who would also star in the equally notorious vacation film Giallo in Venice) for their own entertainment.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
  • That night, Noonan caroused at the hotel bar with James Collopy, the district superintendent of the civil-aviation board.
    Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • If Florida’s central Gulf Coast — traditionally a magnet for Midwestern retirees and spring break beach benders — is worthy of world-class architecture and a high-society brand like Waldorf Astoria, who’s to say Raleigh-Durham and Colorado Springs aren’t next?
    Peter Lane Taylor, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Digs, seams, benders, posts — Ward will make his money in the NFL on aggressive routes between the numbers.
    Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And the vibes were somewhere between downtown book launch and conceptual prank, as On the Rag — L.A.’s buzzy new literary tabloid — celebrated its arrival at Night Gallery with a cigarette-clouded bash full of poetry, prose and potting soil.
    Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
  • The couple, who tied the knot in 2022, were noticeably absent from David Beckham's 50th birthday bash in May.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 16 June 2025

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“Binge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/binge. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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