tenured

adjective

ten·​ured ˈten-yərd How to pronounce tenured (audio)
 also  -ˌyu̇rd
: having tenure
tenured faculty members

Examples of tenured in a Sentence

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Three years after the book was published, Columbia offered Mahmood a tenured professorship. Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025 What Happens Next Hook remains employed as a tenured professor at the University of South Dakota, but his lawsuit against the state continues. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025 According to a recent report by Newsweek, a tenured professor at the University of South Dakota, who was similarly fired for making negative comments about Kirk after his death, was handed a temporary win on Sept. 24 after a judge halted his impending firing at the school. Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025 The position came with tenured status, which offered some additional job security. Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tenured

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tenured was in 1965

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“Tenured.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenured. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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tenured

adjective
ten·​ured -yərd How to pronounce tenured (audio)
: having tenure
tenured teachers
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