Span and Tenure

Span

Span noun - The distance or interval between two points.

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Tenure and span are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tenure" instead a noun "Span".

Nearby Word: spanned

Tenure noun - A fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position.

Usage example: during his tenure as president the college experienced steady growth

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Span and tenure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Span" instead a noun "Tenure".

Nearby Word: tenured

long	long span	long tenure
brief	brief span	brief tenure
short	short span	short tenure
average	average span	average tenure
Other adjectives: original, entire, bad, short-lived, two-year, longer, shortest.

This becomes jarring when a character like Prime Smokescreen has been around for millions of years like the others but only matures in the time span of a few months covered by his tenure on the show.

Source: Franchise / Transformers
It's rather impressive that within the span of 240 strips over about two years, the original FoxFire probably has more dangling plot threads than Sluggy Freelance has in its eleven year daily tenure.

Source: Kudzu Plot

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