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Recent Examples of tenor
Filho’s movie operates at the pace and tenor of a drama in exile, albeit one that’s fringed with B-movie fun and stalked by a pair of unscrupulous hitmen.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 May 2025
The 14-year-old plays clarinet and tenor saxophone in her school band, loves Ultimate Frisbee and building Lego sets.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 28 May 2025
The tenor is much the same over at the show’s subreddit, where numerous redditors voice their malcontent with the series.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
The elder Hewson wondered if perhaps the great Italian tenor had inadvertently called the wrong house.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 May 2025
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 May 2025
The 14-year-old plays clarinet and tenor saxophone in her school band, loves Ultimate Frisbee and building Lego sets.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 28 May 2025
The tenor is much the same over at the show’s subreddit, where numerous redditors voice their malcontent with the series.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
The elder Hewson wondered if perhaps the great Italian tenor had inadvertently called the wrong house.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenor
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Among those hit by police projectiles were several Times reporters in the course of covering protests in downtown L.A. over the past few days.—
Julia Wick,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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The Taylor Swift effect has continued to drive revenue for brands the singer has worn over the course of the last few years.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
13 June 2025
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The color is easy to accessorize, works with any design style, and layers beautifully with neutrals and other colors.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2025
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Our team of animators also had to be trained to make realistic drawings of the human body, as most of them came from animations with a cartoonish style.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
7 June 2025
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This would entail Lopez heading to the English capital and Christopher Nkunku travelling in the opposite direction to its Catalan counterpart.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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His regular-season numbers are astonishing, but so are his postseason stats… in the opposite direction.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2025
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Republicans argue these tactics reflect a tendency by the governor to prioritize optics over sustainable fiscal solutions.—
Elaine Mallon,
The Washington Examiner,
16 June 2025
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Key inputs to this call include the tendencies of mature bull markets, some likely profit-margin slippage from tariffs, moderating earnings gains and the chance that the Fed will resume rate cuts in coming months.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
14 June 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
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However, regardless of the Justice Department’s disposition, athletes can bring Title IX lawsuits against schools through a private right of action.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
11 June 2025
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But because of her quiet disposition, her grandchildren never would have guessed it.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Without that goal, their attention drifts, and practice becomes boring.—
Stefan Falk,
CNBC,
30 May 2025
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Models such as these can rapidly characterize quantum states and detect system parameter drift, substantially improving performance.—
Paul Lipman,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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In conversations about smart buildings or workplace technology, there’s often an inclination to jump to the latest tools or features.—
Swapna Sathyan,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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This is because a planet's altitude in the sky is dependent in part on the inclination of the ecliptic relative to the horizon, which shifts throughout the year due to Earth's wobbling orbit.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
31 May 2025
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“Tenor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenor. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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