tenor
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The very human tone and tenor of messages – particularly on WhatsApp where text is so often a substitute for in the moment verbal conversation – is likely to stand out.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, Duke Ellington—and once waited in the lobby of Coleman Hawkins’s building so he could get the tenor saxophonist’s autograph.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Rollins’ first instrument, at age 13, was the alto saxophone, followed by the tenor when he was in his mid-teens.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
There is a big moment coming in the next 24 hours: for Wes Streeting, deciding to go for it or not, and the tone and tenor of any launch that he is planning.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Any true progress in the workings of a prison ought to be measurable in changes in the tenor of that relationship.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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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