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tenor

[ten-er] / ˈtɛn ər /


NOUN
high male voice
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo will oversee the celebrations for the seventh time, alongside tenor Nicky Spence and pianist Yuja Wang, who will give the Proms' debut of Samuel Barber's Pulitzer Prize-winning Piano Concerto.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

But he worries that the tenor and toxicity of social media commentary is putting women in particular off politics.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Digging deeper, however, unearths a defensive tenor to Monday’s rally, which was paced by megacap tech, healthcare, and industrial stocks that was paired with a big bid for U.S.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

“Chalamet clearly wasn’t in the audience when we opened the Metropolitan Opera’s season with ‘The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,’” added the tenor Miles Mykkanen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

“I can’t stop Gawaine saying filings,” retorted Sir Bors hotly, desperately, pathetically, furiously, and with tenor.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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