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noun

tender

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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of tender
Adjective
The meats become incredibly tender, the rice soft and creamy. Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 15 May 2025 Bake until salmon is cooked through and carrots are tender, 12 to 14 minutes. Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
Noun
Bird Dogs come from South Carolina and are chicken tenders served in a hot dog bun, the news release said. Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2025 News of the chicken tenders’ return prompted a flurry of comparisons from fans. Tanasia Kenney, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
Construction continues on the 1,500-foot-long dock that will allow ships to avoid the tedious process of having to tender passengers by smaller boats to get onshore. Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2025 Over the season’s travails, their chemistry deepens from easy and comfortable to fiercely devoted to movingly tender. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tender
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tender
Adjective
  • Security clearance requirements limit the most sensitive jobs to U.S. citizens.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • This question asks for personal sensitive information that is protected by privacy laws.
    Ernesto Londoño, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • This dog, who would do best in an active home, loves games of fetch and is also super affectionate.
    Trish Stinger, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
  • He's become incredibly affectionate and loves receiving kisses.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • For 55 years, the characters of Sesame Street have taught us how to count, how to read — and as importantly, how to be kind, empathic and compassionate.
    Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • Here’s to more humane, efficient and compassionate processes in the future crafted by politicians on both sides of the aisle.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • Thompson’s brother Maurice, who allegedly drove the chasing Chevrolet Equinox, was granted bail in October — indicating a potentially weak case.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
  • The report also included a number of ‘weak’ odor sources observed during the study, including odors emanating from the Curaleaf cannabis facility on Britt Road and Goldflower Cannabis facility on Niles Road.
    James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • Including Marcelo and his kid, all three of the film’s rival factions are father-son teams, a choice that highlights Filho’s gentle emphasis on the relationship between lineage and identity — and the defiant notion that history is as hard to erase as DNA.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 May 2025
  • Après hike Just above the gentle, winding Fern Dell nature trail section of the park, with its cascading waterfalls, lies the outdoor coffee shop, The Trails.
    David Allan, CNN Money, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • The cash is transferred in minutes, though this depends on your bank.
    Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 10 May 2025
  • Nobody from the state shows up at Our Holy Mother of the Perpetual Deficit with a large canvas bag of cash.
    Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • Last year, an Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigator contacted the department’s cold case unit offering to help identify Parks’ remains with the use of forensic genealogy.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • That outlet would have offered all three companies’ sports line-ups, but was foiled by legal challenges, leaving all three backers to pursue their own strategies.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • Fiber optic cable, in my opinion, is more fragile than traditional solid-copper coaxial cable.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
  • Even in the best of times, long-term observations can be very fragile.
    Eric Morgan, Wired News, 10 May 2025

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“Tender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tender. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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