as in patience
the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining
showed great tolerance in dealing with the child's tantrums
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Recent Examples of tolerance
In an odd way, Drury said Californians who are on the fence about buying zero-emission vehicles may have more tolerance for high gas prices than drivers in other parts of the country.
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Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Promotes a Better Experience Newer, easier guidelines for shorter fasting windows recognize that tolerance improves compliance and contributes to a better surgical experience.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2026
Reasonableness, like tolerance, is best seen as a convention of restraint, sustained because everyone remembers, however vaguely, what happens when the treaty collapses.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
That’s not because our tolerance for stoner comedies, or even dramas, has gone up.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026
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Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Promotes a Better Experience Newer, easier guidelines for shorter fasting windows recognize that tolerance improves compliance and contributes to a better surgical experience.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2026
Reasonableness, like tolerance, is best seen as a convention of restraint, sustained because everyone remembers, however vaguely, what happens when the treaty collapses.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
That’s not because our tolerance for stoner comedies, or even dramas, has gone up.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tolerance
patience
Noun
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Even with a new CEO and a new structure under Dana Walden, who was promoted to president and chief creative officer as Josh D’Amaro succeeded Bob Iger as CEO, the stance from Disney has been to exercise more patience.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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It would be dedicated to the heroic patience with which Americans have tolerated billionaires like him for so very long.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Tolerance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tolerance. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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