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tenor

[ten-er] / ˈtɛn ər /


NOUN
high male voice
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Micron’s blowout earnings, however, will define the early Thursday tenor and likely take the Nasdaq Composite back 26,000 in the opening minutes of trading.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

He noted Lee Greenwood, whose song God Bless the USA is the curtain-raiser at Trump rallies, would introduce him and tenor Christopher Macchio would also sing at the event.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

With her high, bright soprano, Katrina Galka was a persuasive Clara—you believed in her emotional blossoming; tenor Roy Hage needed to be more of a crooner as Fabrizio.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

The bestselling tenor also avoided the second inauguration but made a special Oval Office visit in October, when he serenaded the president.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

They lay there listening, at first with doubt but then with tenor to the description the twins breathed at them between bouts of extreme silence.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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