tenure-track

adjective

ten·​ure-track ˈten-yər-ˌtrak How to pronounce tenure-track (audio)
also -ˌyu̇r-
: relating to or being a teaching position that may lead to a grant of tenure

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Non-tenure-track faculty voted in June to join United Faculty-UAW, with about 70% in favor. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Although hiring of permanent faculty — those with tenure or on tenure-track — has not kept up with enrollment, the university’s total faculty hiring has matched student growth nearly perfectly. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Epstein’s hiring for the role, on an interim, tenure-track basis, has sparked pushback and questions from FIU faculty. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026 Harper arrived at Bates College in Maine in 2020 as an idealistic new PhD in comparative literature, grateful for the tenure-track job that promised him that rarest of prizes these days — a career in the humanities. — Gary Rosen, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tenure-track

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tenure-track was in 1976

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