tensive
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of tensive
Example Sentences
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The final details of the conceptual breakthrough will be hammered out in in tensive negotiations between the two official delegations and in the Washington backchannel.
From Time Magazine Archive
At 9 they take to motor scooters for three hours of in tensive house-to-house canvassing, devote the afternoon to visiting prospects referred to them by others.
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After six years of in tensive effort, less than 15% of his 156,000 employes are union-organized.
From Time Magazine Archive
British reconnaissance noted ex tensive digging on the escarpment around Half�ya Pass, only convenient gate from Libya to Egypt; extensive aerial preparations at the airports of D�rna and Gambut.
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The occupation had been wearisome and tensive; but it was finished, and he would now retire.
From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Wallace, Lewis
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