tender
Example Sentences
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The Italian group is unlikely to increase the bid price and any tender should be limited, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
“Lorne” frames Michaels as a caring but stoic presence, as tender as he is esoteric.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
It’s a tender, bizarro reckoning with marriage, infertility and friendship, among life’s other illusions.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
They moved on to a client tender and she was scribbling notes.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026
Later, as the men feasted on the dogs, Worsley commented that the piece he was eating had a better flavor than the leopard seal, and Hurley found it “exquisitely tender and flavorous.”
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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