How to Use tenter in a Sentence
tenter
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Black tenters, which make up 70 to 80 of the 100 tents, are the most extreme.
—David Ubben, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
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That’s when the university stepped in, setting an official start date for tenters.
—Storey Wertheimer, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
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Soon, surrounding tenters were harmonizing with them.
—Storey Wertheimer, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
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When game day finally arrives, hundreds of tenters pour into Cameron Indoor Stadium.
—Storey Wertheimer, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
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Kamala Harris’ defeat convinced some Democratic strategists, like the big-tenters at Third Way and the Searchlight Institute, that Democratic candidates were too easily moved by activists, and that voters held this against them.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
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