Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stretching or straining; tension.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Tension.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
tension
Etymologies
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Examples
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What achievement (s) did Isakowitz make during what tensure?
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They have not been able to maintain law and order in the Valley, which the PDP-Congress coalition restored during our tensure of 6 years, †added Mufti.
Times Now 2010
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Thus death her life became, loss proved her tensure.
Jerusalem Delivered Torquato Tasso 1569
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Present County Executive Andy Spano walked into the County Building on a promise to cut property taxes 15 percent -- but taxes are up over 60 percent during his tensure.
News Copy, New York 2008
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Present County Executive Andy Spano walked into the County Building on a promise to cut property taxes 15 percent -- but taxes are up over 60 percent during his tensure.
News Copy, New York 2008
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