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
  • In the many rooms with a view, The Homestead rooms offer extensive and charmingly vast views of the colors of trees, courses, and property surrounding.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Many K-8th grade students receive a smattering of foreign language instruction (a day or two a week, or a quarter), but then they are expected to take year-long courses in foreign language in high school to satisfy university requirements.
    — Doug Wojcieszak, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of courses
Noun
  • Pressure, uncertainty and stress can change the way familiar strengths and behavioral tendencies show up.
    — Paula Johnston, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • As one of several players vying for time at cornerback, Auslander knew his ability to read opposing offenses’ intentions and receivers’ tendencies was critical.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of tendencies
Noun
  • Wet versions of seafood products contained the most mercury — nearly 28 times as much as wet foods made with other meats, especially poultry.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The meat section was roughly as large as one grocery store aisle, yet the available meats could have all fit on just four to five shelves.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of meats
Noun
  • Miu Miu’s design style under Miuccia Prada centers around classic silhouettes made structural and formal, pairing prim styles with something more masculine, like boxers with blouses.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Murals of a variety of styles continue to adorn buildings, walls and parks in the Sacramento region, with varying degrees of issues and controversy and connections to art, history and community.
    — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of styles
Noun
  • Accessibility The higgledy-piggledy nature of the building, with any number of steps going in multiple different directions, does not initially scream accessibility, but there are three accessible rooms and lifts accessing every level.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Openings between each section welcome visitors from all directions.
    — Footwear News, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of directions
Noun
  • If Gluck has willingly conceded to the anti-erotic proclivities of his intended audience, Araki has, naturally, set out to defy them.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of proclivities
Noun
  • And deuterium nuclei contain a neutron that can be liberated by a neutrino and then detected, regardless of the type of neutrino.
    — Doug Cowen, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Other nuclei have energy gaps that are too large for lasers to excite.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of nuclei
Noun
  • And a lot of the time, people who have these kinds of inclinations towards children are people who were children who were abused themselves.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The trustees feared that if something happened to him, his heir apparent, Robert Kahn, would replace him, and it was known that Kahn had Zionistic inclinations.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of inclinations
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