How to Use tenured in a Sentence

tenured

adjective
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  • Just like that, Smart — the most tenured Celtic, the sixth pick in the 2014 draft, the backbone of this franchise — was gone.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
  • Ironically, one-year starter Isaac Rex was the most tenured of the group.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022
  • Thomas, who was confirmed in 1991, is now the longest tenured Justice on the court.
    — Jeffrey Toobin, CNN, 21 July 2021
  • Langford, who played 105 games over 2½ seasons, was the most tenured.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2022
  • Two of the game’s longest tenured coaches square off in this venue’s nightcap.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The longest tenured guy wearing mud and mustard raised a rock-solid point.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The alumni fan base, the kids that are there, the tenured bit — like how many people always come back to their respective schools.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2022
  • BioWare has seen some of its most tenured and celebrated talent leave the studio over the last three years.
    — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Curtin, already the second-longest tenured head coach in MLS, has been in the manager’s seat in Philly since 2014.
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 18 June 2021
  • And for a tenured professor, Dave Sibley, words to live by each precious day.
    — Steve Marantz, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2022
  • By then, Porter had become a tenured law professor at UC Irvine.
    — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Nearly half of the state’s tenured faculty — 46 percent — were white men.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2021
  • Kyrie Irving and Nike have one of the most tenured signature shoe lines in basketball.
    — oregonlive, 13 May 2022
  • Jarrín is the longest-tenured broadcaster in the majors and one of the game’s best ambassadors.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Underwood, the longest tenured co-host, joined the show's second season in 2011.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The Ravens took a risk by drafting Stout and pushing their longest tenured player, Sam Koch, onto the coaching staff.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Black women make up a little more than 2% of tenured professors.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 9 July 2021
  • Non-tenured teachers – those who haven’t been working in a district for three years – are typically the first to be let go.
    — al, 4 June 2022
  • While the rookies don’t know any different, the last two weeks haven’t been a normal return for even the most tenured Mavericks.
    — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Born Kevin Roosevelt Moore, Mo' has a tenured history composing for the big screen.
    — Ej Panaligan, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2021
  • As one of the longest tenured players on the team, Crouse has been a facilitator for his younger teammates.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Not to mention mostly crotchety baseball writers, the most tenured of which make up the Hall of Fame voting electorate.
    — Dallas News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • As the Spurs’ longest tenured player, there was little doubt no player wanted the night for Popovich more than Murray.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2022
  • As a player entering his eighth season with the team, Glad — although still young in age — is one of the longest tenured players.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Katz is a tenured professor, and Princeton is bound to respect his right to express himself.
    — The Editors, National Review, 23 May 2022
  • Jimmie Ward, the longest tenured 49er was drafted a year after Smith was traded to Kansas City.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 13 Dec. 2020
  • Barea wasn’t just a long-tenured Maverick on Nelson’s roster.
    — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 10 Dec. 2020
  • As the longest tenured broadcaster with a single team in pro sports history, Scully saw it all and called it all.
    — Beth Harris, Chron, 3 Aug. 2022
  • As the longest-tenured broadcaster with a single team in pro sports history, Scully saw it all and called it all.
    — Beth Harris, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2022
  • As the longest tenured broadcaster with a single team in pro sports history, Mr. Scully saw it all and called it all.
    — Beth Harris, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2022

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