Definition of endurablenext

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Recent Examples of endurable Two people with divergent intuitions about what’s normal, or endurable, can end up tussling over the same territory. Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 15 July 2026 Recognizing this makes the feeling more endurable. Daniel Smith, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026 That's not a just, endurable peace. NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025 Waiting for the movie to come to Racine, Wisconsin, didn’t seem endurable. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025 Those intimate pauses are more endurable than the film’s particularly unfunny comic centerpiece, in which the men venture into a nightclub to meet with a generic, coke-addled magnate. J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025 His comments come as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman brokered a meeting between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov this week in Riyadh to devise an endurable end to the war in Ukraine. David Catanese, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025 But Russo understands the appeal, even the necessity, of those absurd affections that exceed all reason and make the travails of human life endurable. Ron Charles, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for endurable
Adjective
  • Whether Bultaco’s latest revival can turn nostalgia into a genuinely sustainable motorcycle business remains to be seen.
    Bultaco, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Berry championed sustainable farming and rural community preservation and railed against industrial agriculture and corporate agribusiness.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • So far, the costs of the mutual blockade have been tolerable for the United States.
    JAMES F. JEFFREY, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The crisis hits harder for those without family abroad who can send them money, food or medicines to make their lives more tolerable.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • To make their mission abroad bearable, the doctors, nurses, administrators and soldiers of the Korean War turned to humor, especially practical jokes.
    Rachel Flynn, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
  • But don’t let the relatable career-girl pluck of the movie dilute the fact that this song is pissed off about capitalism, even as its hooks make the grind of working life more bearable.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Too often, the pressure is not to go further, but to remain legible, acceptable, and marketable.
    Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But this seemed an acceptable trade-off for a childhood in which kids quickly learned to act independently.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

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“Endurable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endurable. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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