tenure
Example Sentences
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This was to avoid the risk associated with short passing - something he tried to mixed results early in his tenure.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Or Mark Hurd’s tenure at Oracle, after claims of misconduct while leading Hewlett-Packard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Maybe they can get tenure by embracing and touting these ideas and getting a citation from a Supreme Court justice, maybe even a majority opinion.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
Hoekstra, a relentless defender of President Donald Trump and a former Republican congressman from Michigan, has had a volatile tenure since arriving in Ottawa in April 2025.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
By retiring when he did, he avoided that fate, which would have established a precedent that smacked of monarchical longevity by permitting biology to set the terminus of his tenure.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing tenure
"The Declaration of Independence," Vocabulary from the historical document
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