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Word entry · 6 letters

tenure

Best crossword clue

"Period in post"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɛn.jʊə/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eenrtuStarts with TEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. give life-time employment to

Word origin

From Middle English tenure, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenitus, from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura.

Used in a sentence

  • All that seems thine own, / Held by the tenure of his will alone.
  • Carsley ended his six-game tenure as England's interim manager in the same way he started it, with a comfortable victory over the nation he represented with distinction as a player.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Period in post6 letters
02Time in office6 letters

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