tenured
adjective
ten·ured
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Definition of tenured
: having tenure
tenured faculty members
Examples of tenured in a Sentence
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In a showdown truly worthy of August’s silly season, Trump’s very briefly tenured communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, and the president and his allies have been involved in a fierce insult-fest. — Nr Editors, National Review, "The Week," 22 Aug. 2019 Barnett is the second-longest tenured color analyst in the NBA behind Tommy Heinsohn of the Celtics, according to the Warriors. — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, "Warriors replace Jim Barnett with Kelenna Azubuike as TV color analyst," 26 July 2019 The historians were invited because they were tried and trusted (and tenured; Milov is an untenured associate professor at the University of Virginia). — Soraya Roberts, Longreads, "This (Wo)Man’s Work," 19 July 2019 Now, do the same calculation with any three of my tenured colleagues in the liberal arts. — Robert Zaretsky, Twin Cities, "Robert Zaretsky: We need a mandatory retirement age for us professors," 18 July 2019 The same goes for Sunshine, the longest tenured cat at the shelter. — Tyler Johnson, Houston Chronicle, "Adoption fee lowered to $20 for 5th annual Paws & Claws Adopt-a-thon in League City," 12 July 2019 Kwan said the focus this upcoming school year will be to work toward hiring more tenured and to build relationships with other programs to boost visibility and ensure the sustainability of Asian American studies. — NBC News, "After 50 years, Asian American studies programs can still be hard to find," 27 June 2019 Among the few tenured shops that managed to weather the ups and downs of this micro-neighborhood, a handful of new concepts have arisen. — Lindsey Mcclave, The Courier-Journal, "This Vietnamese restaurant in Louisville is about to be your new favorite," 5 June 2019 It was specifically aimed at the University of California’s faculty, and 31 tenured professors were fired for refusing to sign it. — Dan Walters, The Mercury News, "Walters: UC’s new political litmus test echoes McCarthy-era ‘oath’," 28 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tenured.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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