Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having tenure.
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- adjective Having
tenure - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
tenure .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime
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Examples
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Being tenured is irrelevant; federal law prevails over your contract rights.
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Being tenured is irrelevant; federal law prevails over your contract rights.
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While some law schools have chosen to engage their library directors in tenured positions, there is no reasonable connection between the quality of the law library and the terms and conditions of employment of the director.
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While some law schools have chosen to engage their library directors in tenured positions, there is no reasonable connection between the quality of the law library and the terms and conditions of employment of the director.
ALDA on Legal Writing Instructors and Library Directors 2006
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Those members of the endangered species known as tenured professors and a select number of adjuncts or wage slaves, the ones who are doing what they think is right, regardless of current trends, let me say this: Good for you.
Rambling Man (redacted) EAGEAGEAG 2009
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Those members of the endangered species known as tenured professors and a select number of adjuncts or wage slaves, the ones who are doing what they think is right, regardless of current trends, let me say this: Good for you.
Archive 2009-09-01 EAGEAGEAG 2009
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There's something delicious in Alfredo the adjunct arguing that adjuncts' contributions generally don't compare to those of full-time faculty, while Shane the "tenured" "radical" argues that the modern university couldn't function without exploited adjunct labor.
Universities, Awake! or, the Crisis of Higher Education Tenured Radical 2009
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Also, as a "tenured" "radical" how much concern have you given to the gap between what adjunct faculty and tenured faculty are paid?
Universities, Awake! or, the Crisis of Higher Education Tenured Radical 2009
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Even stranger, a common thread among "tenured" professors?
Stimulus package is 'anti-religious,' Huckabee says | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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We found out that Rocky Delgadillo had 'tenured' all the executive positions, so it actually wasn't until a couple of days before Nuch's inauguration that a actually knew I had a job!
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