Other Words from tenure

tenurable \ ˈten-yər-ə-bəl

\ adjective

tenurial \ te-ˈnyu̇r-ē-əl

\ adjective

tenurially \ te-ˈnyu̇r-ē-ə-lē

\ adverb

Examples of tenure in a Sentence

… but there is also about it just the trace of the nettlesome righteousness that alienated much of Washington during his tenure there, the not-so-subtle suggestion that while he might be in politics, he is not of politics and certainly not, God forbid, a politician. — Jim Wooten, New York Times Magazine, 29 Jan. 1995 Pittsburgh's offensive linemen, trap blockers during Noll's tenure, had to bulk up for the straight-ahead game. — Paul Zimmerman, Sports Illustrated, 9 Nov. 1992 A mural on the upper half of a four-story guesthouse was painted in 1977 by twelve-year-old schoolchildren, whose tenure on the scaffold must have thrilled their parents. — John McPhee, New Yorker, 22 Feb. 1988 During his tenure as head coach, the team won the championship twice. her 12-year tenure with the company His tenure in office will end with the next election. After seven years I was finally granted tenure. He hopes to get tenure next year. The defendant did not have tenure on the land. land tenure in Anglo-Saxon Britain See More

Recent Examples on the Web Under Lynch's tenure, the conference worked in predominantly Black neighborhoods and protested against how Black residents were treated by the police. — Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 29 Apr. 2022 The hearings also helped the public see the levels of corruption and abuse of power that had come to define the Oval Office under Nixon's tenure. — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 29 Apr. 2022 During a press conference at OPD headquarters Monday, Demings said the department first began looking at body cameras under her tenure as head of the agency from 2007 to 2011. — Monivette Cordeiro, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2022 Under his tenure, Pakistan has drifted further from the United States and forged closer ties with Russia and China. — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2022 Under Lee's tenure, the college improved its four and six-year graduation rates, doubled its endowment over a five-year period, and reduced its debt by 24%. — Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2022 Under his tenure, Banfield, a multibillion organization, skyrocketed over 50%. — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022 Under her tenure, Cal State Northridge increased graduation and retention rates. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022 Under his tenure, the company grew from 11 stores to more than 28,000 globally while its shares rose 21,000% after going public in 1992, according to CNBC. — Fortune, 16 Mar. 2022 See More

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History and Etymology for tenure

Middle English, "possession of land under obligation to a superior, the land so held," borrowed from Anglo-French tenure, teneure, going back to Gallo-Romance *tenitūra "act of possessing," from Latin ten-, base of tenēre "to hold, possess" + -it-, generalized from past participles ending in -itus + -ūra -ure — more at tenant entry 1

Note: A number of renderings of the word in Medieval Latin from the 11th century on (as tenetura, tenatura, tentura, tenura, etc.) may reflect stages in the passage from Latin to French or attempts to Latinize a vernacular form.

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