All 3 Uses of
tenure
in
Nineteen Minutes
- This would be her first big trial as a superior court judge, the one that set a tone for the rest of her tenure on the bench.
Chpt 1 *tenure = time period during which a position was held
- But he also knew that every eye in the Connecticut Valley was on him-maybe even in the whole Northeast-and that he was up for tenure at Sterling.
Chpt 1 *tenure = the right to keep a job as long as desired
- For not getting a tenured position at Sterling College?
Chpt 1tenured = with the right to keep a job as long as desired
Definitions:
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(1)
(tenure as in: during her tenure) the time period during which a position or right is held
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(2)
(tenure as in: she was granted tenure) right to keep a job as long as desired -- often earned by professors after years of service