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tenure

[ten-yer] / ˈtɛn yər /


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More than 40 cases were dropped within the first six months of Bondi’s tenure.

From Salon

While Air Canada has framed the move as a planned transition, the timing highlights the mounting pressure surrounding Rousseau’s tenure.

From The Wall Street Journal

Monday’s appearance came as Powell navigates one of the more legally fraught endings to a Fed chair’s tenure in modern history.

From Barron's

In January 2025, Mills took over Radio 2's flagship Breakfast Show, replacing the outgoing Zoe Ball, with his tenure ultimately lasting just over a year.

From BBC

She became the first tenured woman in Harvard’s economics department.

From The Wall Street Journal