How to Use tenured in a Sentence

tenured

adjective
  • 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
  • The same goes for Sunshine, the longest tenured cat at the shelter.
    Tyler Johnson, Houston Chronicle, 12 July 2019
  • Van Gundy is the longest tenured coach since Chuck Daly’s decade run with the franchise.
    Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 12 May 2018
  • The third-longest tenured coach in the NFL still resides in Pittsburgh.
    Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 5 Apr. 2020
  • 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
  • Wake, 36, is the longest tenured player on the Dolphins.
    Mike Persak, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 June 2018
  • Langford, who played 105 games over 2½ seasons, was the most tenured.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2022
  • This comes at a time when the club has moved on from its second-longest tenured head coach.
    Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2020
  • His teammates and fans were sad to see the longest-tenured player go.
    Alysha Tsuji, For The Win, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Two of the game’s longest tenured coaches square off in this venue’s nightcap.
    Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2022
  • About the coach Slocum is the longest tenured member of the ASU staff, heading into his fifth year.
    Michelle Gardner, azcentral, 11 Mar. 2019
  • But Knorr, who will play at Towson next year, was the most tenured and consistent of that group.
    Tim Schwartz, Howard County Times, 13 June 2018
  • Moore said, its longest tenured member, who was first hired as a Gary teacher in the 1960s.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Post-Tribune, 14 May 2018
  • There will be a season No. 18 for the longest-tenured coach on the Cincinnati Bengals’ staff.
    Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 7 Jan. 2020
  • The second-longest tenured member of the Browns is their long snapper.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland, 5 Sep. 2020
  • Tampa Bay’s Jon Cooper, who took over in 2013, is the league’s longest-tenured coach.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2019
  • As a tenured faculty member, Standen has the legal right to return to the classroom in the fall.
    James Pilcher, Cincinnati.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • That will set an NBA record for longest tenured player with a single team.
    Drew Davison, star-telegram, 30 June 2018
  • Schoonover was a tenured professor of chemistry at Cal Poly.
    Dylan Matthews, Vox, 28 May 2024
  • 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
  • Two Houston-area suburbs are ranked among a 2020 report of the top U.S. cities with the least tenured homeowners.
    Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2020
  • 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
  • In the 150-year history of the UC system, the regents have fired just eight tenured professors.
    Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 May 2018
  • This year, the tone has flipped, for the Colts and for their nickel cornerback who happens to be their third-most tenured player.
    The Indianapolis Star, 9 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • Dixon is the most tenured driver in Ganassi's 30-year history at 19 years.
    Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 9 Sep. 2020

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