toleration
noun
tol·er·a·tion
ˌtä-lə-ˈrā-shən 
1
a
: the act or practice of tolerating something
b
: a government policy of permitting forms of religious belief and worship not officially established
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His mom provided her stamp of approval (or at least toleration), and Banks saw his football career take off.
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Dane Brugler, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
At the same time, the phrase could be invoked to support religious toleration and in pleas for inclusiveness.
—Margie Burns, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
These include, for example, actions that artificially favor foreign exports, deny nondiscriminatory market access for U.S. firms, harm U.S. competitors’ IP rights, and otherwise involve foreign government toleration of systematic anticompetitive activities.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Government toleration of the same sorts of exercise of monopoly power by giant nonfood retailers dealt similar blows to independent drug and hardware store chains.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Dec. 2024
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Dane Brugler, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
At the same time, the phrase could be invoked to support religious toleration and in pleas for inclusiveness.
—Margie Burns, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
These include, for example, actions that artificially favor foreign exports, deny nondiscriminatory market access for U.S. firms, harm U.S. competitors’ IP rights, and otherwise involve foreign government toleration of systematic anticompetitive activities.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Government toleration of the same sorts of exercise of monopoly power by giant nonfood retailers dealt similar blows to independent drug and hardware store chains.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for toleration
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toleration
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tol·er·a·tion
ˌtäl-ə-ˈrā-shən
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