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Main Entry:
si·ne·cure
[
sahy
-ni-ky
oo
r
,
sin
-i-
]
/
ˈsaɪ
nɪˌkyʊər
,
ˈsɪn
ɪ-
/
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Part of Speech:
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Example Sentences
Success would qualify her for a lifetime
sinecure
teaching at a lycée, and liberate her from her family.
He wrote scholarly papers, jousted in the departmental lists, aspired to the
sinecure
of tenure.
There is no magic relief number that is a
sinecure
for a solution.
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Success would qualify her for a lifetime
sinecure
teaching at a lycée, and liberate her from her family.
He wrote scholarly papers, jousted in the departmental lists, aspired to the
sinecure
of tenure.
There is no magic relief number that is a
sinecure
for a solution.
The message boards erupted in panic, some of it from veteran players who didn't want to lose their
sinecure
.
As several thousand pounds arc seized each week, it is to be presumed that their office is not a
sinecure
.
It may be that he shall have a
sinecure
for life if the students choose to vote their disapproval with their feet.
Many of the comments put forward interesting ideas about how to provide security without creating a
sinecure
.
Even when they're in raving bounty, as they are this year, gathering beach plums is no
sinecure
.
Being bumped out of such a
sinecure
is cruel punishment.
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