tenure
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Appeared in the May 27, 2026, print edition as 'Notable & Quotable: Justice Brennan’s Tenure'.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Tenure provides a raft of benefits, including higher pay and heightened job security.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024
Tenure “reformers” typically describe their goals as depriving undeserving layabouts of an unwarranted privilege.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2023
Tenure is a permanent academic appointment that exists to “safeguard academic freedom,” according to the American Association of University Professors.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023
E Brings up question of Seigniorial Tenure in Parliament, 126; votes against secularization of the Clergy Reserves, 164.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
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