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tenors

noun

plural of tenor
1
as in courses

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2
as in tendencies

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenors
  1. courses
  2. tendencies
  3. meats
  4. styles
  5. directions
  6. proclivities
  7. nuclei
  8. inclinations
Noun
  • Some jails have staff members or volunteers teach courses, as well, Beal said.
    — Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 22 Sep. 2026
  • For pizza fiends who want the full experience, Seu offers three different tasting menus that range from five to eight courses and feature his greatest hits.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of courses
Noun
  • Hope produces hype But these tendencies leave us open to exploitation by companies that want our money.
    — Jonathan Fahey, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Safety positioning matters, but so do protection rules and pre-snap signals and down-and-distance tendencies.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of tendencies
Noun
  • Adobo and Sazón are at the heart of Latin-Caribbean cooking, bringing bold, layered flavor to meats, fish, rice, beans, vegetables and beyond.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Foods like meats, eggs, and dairy should not be left out for more than 2 hours (or 1 hour if the temperature is above 90°F).
    — Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of meats
Noun
  • Just be sure to score the styles that catch your eye—these new arrivals are already trending.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Around this time, celebrities like Kim Kardashian re-popularized clear styles from brands like Prada, Fendi, Alexander Wang and Oscar de la Renta.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of styles
Noun
  • But Palatine Road was closed in both directions at Winston Drive for hours while crews cleaned up the mess.
    — Desiree Evans, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • At the end of both cases, the judge will give directions to the jury, after which all of their electronic devices will be taken and they will be sent to a room to consider their verdict.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of directions
Noun
  • If Gluck has willingly conceded to the anti-erotic proclivities of his intended audience, Araki has, naturally, set out to defy them.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Swift showed up in a video clip at the end of the show that circled back to earlier discussion about Kelce’s picky eating proclivities.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026
Definition of proclivities
Noun
  • Extreme nuclear matter RHIC operated at BNL from 2000 to 2026 and was designed to investigate exotic forms of nuclear matter by colliding heavy atomic nuclei, like gold, at nearly the speed of light.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The team of researchers studied galaxies with active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at their hearts.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of nuclei
Noun
  • The trustees feared that if something happened to him, his heir apparent, Robert Kahn, would replace him, and it was known that Kahn had Zionistic inclinations.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Putin will eventually leave office, whether by death, illness, or—against all observable inclinations—stepping aside.
    — Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of inclinations
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“Tenors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenors. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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