tenor
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A lot of this debt is in longer duration assets that may compete with government paper of a similar tenor, say analysts.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Iván Ayón-Rivas’s striking tenor made for an unusually acerbic Lensky; Ya-Chung Huang was a weirdly creepy Monsieur Triquet; Ms. Prall’s rich mezzo impressed as Filipyevna.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Carney’s unique tenor ranges from Jeff Buckley to Freddie Mercury; his rock background and skill with the guitar is required for Orpheus’ lyre-playing and lends to the folk roots of Mitchell’s songs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
You can see it in the facial expressions of our political leaders and hear it in the tenor and tone of their voices.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
“Here,” Mr. Gonzalez cried in his terrorized tenor.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Sovereign issuers like Argentina and Austria have also tapped the market at these tenors.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026
The BOJ is scheduled to make outright purchases today of four sectors of the market such as sovereign securities with tenors of more than 25 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
The sovereign securities include those with tenors of more than five years and up to 10 years, and those with tenors of more than 10 years and up to 25 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
The money investors added to “short- and intermediate-term government bond ETFs indicates that investors are eschewing longer-term tenors in favor of the belly of the curve,” wrote Bartolini.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2025
"So did my brother, the day before his death. The night is dark and full of tenors, Davos."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing tenor
Julius Caesar
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Excerpt from "The Philosophy of Literary Form" by Kenneth Burke
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Music - Introductory
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