How to Use tenure in a Sentence

tenure

noun

• He hopes to get tenure next year.
• The defendant did not have tenure on the land.
• His tenure in office will end with the next election.
• During his tenure as head coach, the team won the championship twice.
• After seven years I was finally granted tenure.
• The player with the most tenure on the team wouldn’t mind it, either.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2025
• No coach in this span has won more than four in a row to start his tenure.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2022
• There was the 44-day question mark of Liz Truss’s tenure.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2023
• Bryan Harsin’s tenure remains in flux, with a 9-11 record as the Tigers’ head coach.
  — al, 30 Oct. 2022
• So this early on in his Big 12 tenure, Sitake is choosing not to sound the alarm.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
• Edge Harsin has yet to add a five-star prospect during his tenure.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 17 June 2022
• His 22 hurries were easily the fewest of his tenure as the full-time starter.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2024
• That would be the first time that has happened in Lovullo’s six-year tenure.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 7 Oct. 2022
• Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle were quick to praise Whitaker's tenure at the FAA.
  — Joel Rose, NPR, 12 Dec. 2024
• With his tenure at the plant, Pinson was among the first to be converted.
  — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
• Wills took an active role in Roberts' playing tenure with the Dodgers.
  — Beth Harris, ajc, 20 Sep. 2022
• And the receivers group appears to be the best of Freeman’s tenure, even if that’s not a bold statement.
  — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
• But in the final months of his tenure, Baker has seen years of progress reversed.
  — Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2022
• In October 2017, Allen still had most of his tenure in Voices ahead of him, along with a lot of miles.
  — al, 28 Mar. 2022
• Her tenure oversaw decades of dramatic change across the world and at home.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022
• Overall, that means that 72.5% of the legal staff has turned over during his tenure.
  — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 8 June 2022
• This has been a common occurrence for the Dodgers during Roberts’ tenure with the club.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
• And, in the closing scene of the finale, Ressler found Red’s mangled body on the ground, killed by the creature that meant so much to him throughout the show’s tenure.
  — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
• Harithas' tenure at the CAMH ended in 1978 due to conflicts with the museum's board.
  — Brittanie Shey, Chron, 27 Mar. 2023
• Steve Kerr described the punch as the greatest crisis of his Warriors tenure.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 May 2023
• Willard became the first coach in Big Ten history to win each of the first seven games of his tenure by at least 15 points.
  — Noah Trister, Chicago Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
• What might have been the last start of left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez's tenure with the Tigers didn't go as planned.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 26 July 2023
• Though his tenure in the band was short, Binks left an indelible mark on Judas Priest.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2025
• Violent crime in Dallas fell 19% during his tenure as chief.
  — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Aug. 2025
• The abolition of mandatory retirement rules under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act has opened the door to longer tenures.
  — Rob Robinson, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025