tenors

noun

plural of tenor
1
as in courses

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2
as in tendencies

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenors
  1. courses
  2. tendencies
  3. meats
  4. styles
  5. directions
  6. proclivities
  7. nuclei
  8. inclinations
Noun
  • Kimpton seeks out top chefs, but said booking a daytime reservation can be more affordable and less of a commitment than dinner service with many courses.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Many humanities courses were a kind of way station for students to fulfill their general-education requirements, one of which was to produce twenty-four thousand words by graduation, by whatever means necessary.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of courses
Noun
  • The same tendencies people are routinely told to correct are, in moderate form, closely tied to a busier, more exploratory style of thinking than most self-improvement advice accounts for.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Plath shows up in Dederer’s book about (mostly) men who make great art and live monstrous lives (and what to do with them), but only as a woman who turns her violent tendencies against herself.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
Definition of tendencies
Noun
  • Get the best meats, poultry and seafood delivered straight to your doorstep with a Good Chop subscription and score a free Blackstone Griddle with your 3rd order.
    — Rachel Cortez, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • On warm days, an insulated shopping bag or cooler can help preserve meats, dairy products, and other perishables during the drive home.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
Definition of meats
Noun
  • And luckily, Amazon, Nordstrom, Quince, and more stores have inspired styles for as little as $30.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • In a video published on Monday, the New York Times Wirecutter team compared eight famous hot dog styles from around the country.
    — Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Definition of styles
Noun
  • Their architect, Michael Lehrer, created a striking design with a butterfly roof slanting up in two directions from the center, zigzag walls and picture windows front and back.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • The vendors circling this space entered from different directions, which is why the category still looks fragmented.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of directions
Noun
  • Swift showed up in a video clip at the end of the show that circled back to earlier discussion about Kelce’s picky eating proclivities.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026
  • With Balanchine—whose brush with Bradley came after his precocious beginnings with the Ballets Russes but before his immigration to America and eventual founding of New York City Ballet—Footer pushes hard on not much more than the fact that the two choreographers shared dancers and proclivities.
    — Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Definition of proclivities
Noun
  • Unlike conventional nuclear fission reactors, fusion combines light atomic nuclei to release energy.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 June 2026
  • In this setup, neutrinos occasionally interact with atomic nuclei in the water.
    — Simon Frantz, Quanta Magazine, 24 June 2026
Definition of nuclei
Noun
  • Getty Choosing a college major has always been a big life decision, influenced by not only personal inclinations and talents, but also by starting salaries.
    — Courtney Connley-Hampton, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • There were inclinations to not fully believe in their capabilities against Argentina.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 4 June 2026
Definition of inclinations
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