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Recent Examples of tenor
Born in 1935 in Modena into a working-class family – his father was a baker, while his mother worked in a cigar factory – Luciano Pavarotti developed a passion for opera as a child thanks to his father, an amateur tenor.
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 11 June 2025
Gone is the campy do-gooder; she’s been modernized, made savvy to the social and political tenor of the current day.
—Aviva Dove-Viebahn, Scientific American, 9 June 2025
But just minutes into the hour-long session in Butler County, Iowa, the tenor quickly shifted.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 31 May 2025
While the amount of practice and the tenor of coaching staffs throughout the NFL have made for a much easier experience overall, the quality of play in the first month of the regular season has taken a huge hit.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 11 June 2025
Gone is the campy do-gooder; she’s been modernized, made savvy to the social and political tenor of the current day.
—Aviva Dove-Viebahn, Scientific American, 9 June 2025
But just minutes into the hour-long session in Butler County, Iowa, the tenor quickly shifted.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 31 May 2025
While the amount of practice and the tenor of coaching staffs throughout the NFL have made for a much easier experience overall, the quality of play in the first month of the regular season has taken a huge hit.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenor
Noun
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All this is happening, of course, as global temperatures continue to rise.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
7 July 2025
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The once power symbol of the ’80s is circling back around with the icons, of course, but this time around many boast new movements, case sizes, and styles altogether.—
Daisy Shaw-Ellis,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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The real fireworks started with Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland’s victory over The Young Bucks, which delivered AEW’s signature style: Flips, tricks, no-sells, piledrivers, destroyers, countless kickouts of finishing moves, and a ridiculously impressive fast pace.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 July 2025
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Sienna Miller, being something of an architect of modern boho style, is presumably no different.—
Kerry McDermott,
Vogue,
13 July 2025
Noun
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They’re then added into the mascarpone mixture one spoonful at a time, while stirring gently in the same direction to achieve a consistent light and airy texture.—
Bryce Jones,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 July 2025
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Always follow package directions when applying fertilizer to your garden to avoid over-fertilizing.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
12 July 2025
Noun
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This practice has fostered a tendency to conflate diagnosis with management frameworks, confuse co-morbidities with symptoms, and ultimately blur the distinction between obesity as a risk factor and as a disease state.—
Francesco Rubino,
Time,
9 July 2025
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Traits shape your willingness to try new things, your perception of effort, and your comfort level in different environments—making exercise a natural outlet for expressing these tendencies, said Matthew Sacco, PhD, a sports medicine psychologist at Cleveland Clinic.—
Brian Mastroianni,
Health,
9 July 2025
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Again, the overall gist is that everyone expects this to be pretty competitive basketball between two good teams.—
Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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The general gist of the new dolls is to celebrate two distinct industry roles—musical Artist and Tour Manager.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The cases against Oren and Alon Alexander remain pending and nothing involving the disposition of this case affects the cases against the Alexander brothers.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 July 2025
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The Supreme Court may decide on the case as early as June 12, and a majority of justices have signaled a friendly disposition toward upholding Tennessee’s law that took effect in June 2023.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Millions of Americans across four states have been urged to stay indoors and avoid strenuous activity this weekend as air quality plummets to dangerous levels and smoke drifts south from massive Canadian wildfires.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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There is also a neutral setting between forward and reverse that lets the watercraft drift, a nice change from the old days of not being able to steer at all if there was no thrust.—
Jeremy Korzeniewski,
Robb Report,
12 July 2025
Noun
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The inclination of those operating from this skillset is to evaluate the interrelationships and interconnections within and between steps, processes, systems and people.—
Terina Allen,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Marseille’s artistic inclination is matched by an obsession with food which, typically, is very different from what appears on plates in the rest of France.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
20 June 2025
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“Tenor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenor. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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