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How to pronounce tenure in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms incumbency, term of office
Type of term
Has types presidential term, presidency, vice-presidency, vice-presidential term, administration, episcopate
Type Words
Synonyms land tenure
Type of legal right
Has types copyhold, villeinage, freehold
Type Words
Type of upgrade, advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise


She was tenured after she published her book.

Examples of tenure

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At age 28 he became one of the youngest professors to receive tenure at Harvard.
From the dailyherald.com
Beyond parent and teacher collaboration we must address the big issue of tenure.
From the forbes.com
Gonzalez is the second player Graham has suspended in his short tenure as coach.
From the post-gazette.com
O'Malley has spent much of his tenure sparring with the state's major utilities.
From the washingtonpost.com
Lowery said that under his tenure, Florissant has attracted many new businesses.
From the stltoday.com
During Henson's tenure, the hospital received the Governor's Gold Quality Award.
From the kentucky.com
Borghetti was told just that by one distressed staff member early in his tenure.
From the theaustralian.com.au
During his tenure as GM, Bill Lajoie, left, worked with manager Sparky Anderson.
From the freep.com
Thomas opted for a buyout in March, ending an 11 year tenure with the franchise.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Give life-time employment to; "She was tenured after she published her book"
  • The term during which some position is held
  • The right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
  • Tenure commonly refers to life tenure in a job and specifically to a senior academic's contractual right not to have his or her position terminated without just cause.
  • Tenure is a 2009 American comedy film written and directed by Mike Million and starring Luke Wilson, David Koechner and Gretchen Mol. The film was produced by Paul Schiff and released by Blowtorch Entertainment as their first original production.
  • Land tenure is the name given, particularly in common law systems, to the legal regime in which land is owned by an individual, who is said to "hold" the land (the French verb "tenir" means "to hold"; "tenant" is the present participle of "tenir"). ...
  • A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency; a period of time during which it is possessed; a status of having a permanent post at an academic institution; a right to hold land under the feudal system; To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone)
  • The mode or manner in which a title to land is held.
  • A system of land holdings for a temporary time period.