tense logic

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logic the study of the logical properties of tense operators, and of the logical relations between sentences having tense, by means of consideration of appropriate formal systems

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby tense logic

tenrec, TENS, Tensas, tense, tensegrity, tense logic, tensible, tensile, tensile strength, tensile stress, tensimeter

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How to use tense logic in a sentence

The gym—a fragile collective of human ecology at the best of times—has suddenly become even more tense.
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Their logic: the sea-creature would come alive and drink up any remaining alcohol.
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A tense commute to work in Houston will start to resemble a tense commute in Boston or New York City.
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Elisabetta Piqué, who knew Bergoglio well as a cardinal, writes in the present tense as if to convey real time passing.
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I covered New York politics for 15 years, and I saw some awfully tense moments between the police and Democratic politicians.
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Then, as the atmosphere of the room surged back, tense with vitality, her mind leapt forward in welcome.
Uncanny Tales|Various
He crouched, nerves and muscles tense, controled in spite of the torturous cloud of scalding vapor that pressed close to him.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
You may say, in the case of Sikes and the peer, that the logic of the Determinist is sound, but ineffective: nothing comes of it.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
The two men eyed one another for a moment of tense silence, and marked suspicion.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Mr. Ripper's logic tended to the belief that he could not be punished if he stuck to the avowal of having seen nothing.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood