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tender

adjective as in fragile, soft

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adjective as in young, inexperienced

adjective as in painful, sore

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Suddenly I realized — a shock to the system! — you needed legal tender in order to live.

From Salon

At the same meeting, the city attorney tendered his resignation and the mayor tried to end the meeting by threatening to walk out — all to a chorus of snarky comments and jeers of irate residents.

You see that astonishment on Hackman’s face, which sells Royal’s redemption and makes the movie’s tender denouement work.

The LP is pithy in the way that Phoebe Bridgers or Jenny Lewis write one-liners, but it’s an unexpectedly tender songwriter record from one of the sharpest, most self-aware minds in stand-up.

Onward Homes says it plans to hold a "thorough tender exercise" for the repairs to get value for money, alongside a "full consultation" with leaseholders before work beings, the spokeswoman said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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