Thesaurus results for TENURE

tenure

noun

ˈten-yər

as in term

a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position during his tenure as president the college experienced steady growth

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Recent Examples of tenure And just six games into Albin’s tenure as head coach, Hill was terminated. —

Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026 Campbell has raved about his coaching tenure at Sac State. —

Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026 Early in his tenure, Niccol spoke with customers who lamented the lack of comfortable seating Starbucks locations once had, as well as baristas recognizing and chatting with them. —

Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026 Times of Troy poll Two years into Eric Musselman’s tenure with the Trojans, the USC men have yet to return to the NCAA tournament. —

Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tenure

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In technical terms, the law also states that forces always occur in pairs.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
Being vocally left-leaning thus provides social status benefits and forms of self-congratulation that being conservative doesn't (if anything, in terms of the broader culture and the opinion-formulating institutions, conservatism tends to be rather lonely and something of a social liability).

— Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026