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tenure

noun

ˈten-yər

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a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position during his tenure as president the college experienced steady growth

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Recent Examples of tenure Across its 35-season tenure, Dancing With the Stars has only had one All-Star season full of returning contestants. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026 Before beginning his tenure at NASA, Isaacman founded and served as CEO for Shift4 Payments, a payment processing company. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026 For the government, the movement’s principal demand, the resignation of Kumar, is not simply a question of one official’s tenure. — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026 Her tenure included hits like Bridgerton and Stranger Things, as well as Netflix’s move into live programming like sports and John Mulaney’s talk show. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tenure

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Peltola, who represented Alaska's at-large district from 2022 to 2025, is challenging Sullivan, a two-term incumbent.

— Matthew Choi The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
The presentation at Aspen was a shipwreck, but somehow the term made it to shore.

— Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

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Van Hoorebeeck, who was 37 years old at the time of her appointment, had spent five years as creative and brand director for the Danish brand &Tradition based in Copenhagen, after a stint as head of interior design for The Office Group.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
With Saleh beginning his Tennessee tenure at 0-5, his head coaching record in the NFL sits at 20-41 overall after a multi-season stint with the New York Jets.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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