Definition of tenured
:having tenure
- tenured faculty members
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Wohlers most recently served as a tenured faculty member and director of academic enrichment at Cameron University (Lawton, Okla.).
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Now that Gray is gone, the longest tenured player on the A’s is shortstop Marcus Semien (himself picked up in one of Beane’s firesales), who has been with Oakland for just 2 ½ years.
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Right tackle Zach Strief, one of the longest tenured members of the team, has been through training camps in Jackson, Miss., West Virginia and New Orleans.
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Jason Garrett took over in the middle of the 2010 season, and has been the longest tenured coach in the Jones era.
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Spanier continues to be a tenured faculty member and is on administrative leave.
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The system of tenured professors more interested in research than in imparting knowledge, buttressed by overworked and precariously employed adjunct faculty, does nothing to stabilize a higher education community.
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In one case, an untenured conservative professor was fired after publishing more (and more consequential) scholarship than even some of the tenured professors who evaluated him.
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All were long-tenured players and fan favorites who were summarily shown to the exit ramp at Bank of America Stadium.
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First Known Use of tenured
1965
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