Collocations for "tenure"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "tenure" in context.
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tenure
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- just got tenure (at)
- is trying to get tenure
- does not have tenure
- professors with tenure
- the teachers have [lost, retained] tenure
- has had tenure for [ten years]
- is on the track towards tenure
- has job security with tenure
- was (finally) granted tenure
- the [professor] was awarded tenure
- had a [smooth, troublesome, productive] tenure
- during his tenure as [president, governor, chairman]
- during his [current, second] year of tenure
- the [president's] tenure in office
- a [ten] -year tenure on the land
- the [types, categories] of land tenure
- is on the tenure track
- is up for tenure review
- the tenure committee
- the tenure [system, process]
'tenure' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):