tenure
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While there is no suggestion that Guardiola was aware of any alleged wrongdoing, there is a two-year overlap with his tenure at Etihad Stadium, which began in the summer of 2016.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
During his tenure, the club shelled out more than $2 billion in the transfer market so that Guardiola was never short of talent to bring his vision to life.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
“You made the decision to extend the tenure of arguably the best and the brightest mind as a superintendent in the United States America.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Powell presided over lengthy press conferences after every Federal Open Market Committee meeting, provided more than a dozen congressional testimonies, and gave more than 160 speeches and statements during his eight-year tenure.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
In our tenure on this planet we have accumulated dangerous evolutionary baggage, hereditary propensities for aggression and ritual, submission to leaders and hostility to outsiders, which place our survival in some question.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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