tender

Example Sentences

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It begins, as many great soups do, with patience: garbanzo beans soaked overnight, then simmered until tender.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Colorado’s law, she explained, “restricts treatment-related speech uttered by medical professionals only as part of a larger regulatory scheme aimed at ensuring that providers tender high-quality medical care to patients.”

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Mills was born in Southampton in 1973, and started his radio career at the tender age of 16 - becoming the UKs youngest presenter on Power FM in Hampshire.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Three are nontraded, meaning their shareholders rely on public tender offers for liquidity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“No. The line tender sees everything. Reads the divers’ signals, the terrain, the equipment.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen