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tender

[ten-der] / ˈtɛn dər /






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Start with fully hard-boiled eggs: whites set, yolks cooked through but still tender.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

They moved on to a client tender and she was scribbling notes.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

Romance: Another of Pynchon’s late crime novels, “Bleeding Edge” also chronicles the tender but tested love between insurance investigator Maxine Tarnower and her phlegmatic husband, Horst.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Last week it extended the expiration of its tender offer to acquire Arcellx to April 24.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

But I’d seen how clever he was at pawing through the snow to the tender grass below.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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