How to Use tenure in a Sentence

tenure

noun
  • He hopes to get tenure next year.
  • The defendant did not have tenure on the land.
  • His tenure in office will end with the next election.
  • During his tenure as head coach, the team won the championship twice.
  • After seven years I was finally granted tenure.
  • The rest of his tenure, though, wasn’t good.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
  • No coach in this span has won more than four in a row to start his tenure.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Here’s what to know about Hill’s tenure.
    — Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2026
  • But that was it for major draft finds in his short tenure.
    — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • Biden wasn’t just on a pardon spree at the end of his tenure.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Both have long tenures with the company.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 June 2026
  • Short tenure patterns of less than two years 6.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The team was 17-40 in his tenure.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Collins has leaned on his tenure in Congress.
    — Shannon McCaffrey, AJC.com, 10 June 2026
  • Sneed dealt with an ailing knee late in his Chiefs tenure.
    — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
  • But much work remains because of how rocky his tenure has been.
    — Matt Baker, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Edge Harsin has yet to add a five-star prospect during his tenure.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 17 June 2022
  • And has the answer changed at all during his tenure?
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The episode came with about eight months remaining in his tenure.
    — Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The player with the most tenure on the team wouldn’t mind it, either.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2025
  • This was the most lopsided loss in his tenure.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The first-round pick has had his fair share of drops early in his rookie tenure.
    — Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Durant openly spoke about the end of his tenure.
    — Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But some punishments have seemed soft in his tenure.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Job tenures have become shorter and incomes more volatile.
    — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2026
  • His tenure will end after just one season.
    — Dianna Russini, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • My tenure in Cleveland was doomed by a lot more people than just be.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • Bondi’s tenure lasted just over a year.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Both built careers around output and tenure.
    — Jo Self, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Her tenure oversaw decades of dramatic change across the world and at home.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022

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