as in tolerance
the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining
the teacher's patience is being sorely tested this year by several parents who seem to have no interest in their children's education
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Recent Examples of patience
Second is its patience, which leads to some extremely effective scares as producer/writer/director/cinematographer/editor Oren Peli spins the tale of an ordinary suburban couple terrorized by an unseen entity.
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Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Miles’ journey to Fort Worth is one of patience, self-awareness and the relentless recruiting approach of head coach Mark Campbell.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2025
Sudden changes can test your patience in partnerships.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Trump, who is not known for his patience with diplomatic compromise, may take a different approach.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
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Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Miles’ journey to Fort Worth is one of patience, self-awareness and the relentless recruiting approach of head coach Mark Campbell.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2025
Sudden changes can test your patience in partnerships.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Trump, who is not known for his patience with diplomatic compromise, may take a different approach.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for patience
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patience
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Succeeding on OnlyFans in 2025 often means having a high tolerance for controversy, negative attention, the willingness to troll, and an ability to flip tsunamis of online haters into fans.—
Taylor Lorenz,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
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Odor and the French Social Imagination is essentially a book about the declining tolerance for strong smells in 18th and 19th-century France.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Xi’s predecessor Jiang Zemin, who served as president between 1993 and 2003, was known for his flamboyant personality, cosmopolitan flair and willingness to show off his language skills and interact with journalists.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Even South Africa—which Mahmood Mamdani, the author of one of the books Sanneh reviews, holds up as a rare example of post-colonial success—has its flaws, as Thabo Mbeki’s and Jacob Zuma’s willingness to let corruption take root shows.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Patience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patience. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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