tenors

noun

plural of tenor
1
as in courses

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2
as in tendencies

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  1. courses
  2. tendencies
  3. meats
  4. styles
  5. directions
  6. proclivities
  7. nuclei
  8. inclinations
Noun
  • There are over 75 classes available for all skill levels and even include prenatal courses.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
  • The program was created for candidates who are applying for three-year Advanced Diploma programs alongside one-year and 16-week courses.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
Definition of courses
Noun
  • Pica and compulsive tendencies There’s an important distinction between chewing and pica in cats.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
  • Except her version of fun involves vengeance, sly righteousness and the exposure of humanity’s darker tendencies.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of tendencies
Noun
  • His friend, Andy Beals of Overland Park, assumed the same, a logical hunch given the city’s reputation for smoking meats.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
  • One of the largest Asian grocery retailers in the country, the supermarket is known for its hot deli section with dim sum and Chinese BBQ meats.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Definition of meats
Noun
  • Choose from a mix of Sterling Forever's classics, including tennis bracelets and necklaces, pendant styles, studs, hoops and more accented with beautiful stone colors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • The boutique will carry eight exclusive styles adapted from the existing Classic collection, offered in white and yellow gold and newly amplified with diamonds.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
Definition of styles
Noun
  • The city says plans include adding an additional lane of traffic in both the west and eastbound directions of Roseville Parkway.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • This creates an immediate sensing-to-action response, while each chamber operates independently to distinguish forces along horizontal, lateral, and vertical directions.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Definition of directions
Noun
  • 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
  • With Balanchine—whose brush with Bradley came after his precocious beginnings with the Ballets Russes but before his immigration to America and eventual founding of New York City Ballet—Footer pushes hard on not much more than the fact that the two choreographers shared dancers and proclivities.
    — Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Definition of proclivities
Noun
  • These engines power quasars—active galactic nuclei that emit some of the brightest light astronomers can possibly see in the sky.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 July 2026
  • Unlike conventional nuclear fission reactors, fusion combines light atomic nuclei to release energy.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 June 2026
Definition of nuclei
Noun
  • The solution Ciufolini proposed decades ago while working with physicist John Archibald Wheeler was to use two satellites in supplementary orbits, meaning with orbital inclinations that sum to 180 degrees.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • Getty Choosing a college major has always been a big life decision, influenced by not only personal inclinations and talents, but also by starting salaries.
    — Courtney Connley-Hampton, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of inclinations
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