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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
  • However, Jaworski, who has donated plasma four times, says payment helps to ensure a sustainable supply of the raw material for lifesaving medicines.
    CNN Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Experts suggest role modeling moderation, such as eating produce and protein—and a treat here or there, too—can also help a child build truly healthy and sustainable eating habits.
    Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 22 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Electing the right people to these public positions could ease that stress and make life more tolerable — at least that’s how representative democracy is supposed to work.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Now the seven most boring, starting with the most tolerable (comments edited for grammar and clarity).
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The same moral tact might apply, in less histrionic matters, to the ordinary deceptions and silences by which social life is made bearable.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Having books or coloring supplies on hand makes longer drives more bearable (for both parents and kids).
    Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 11 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • That is, unless their team-wide attention to defensive detail remains catatonic, which isn’t an acceptable solution.
    Thomas Drance, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • There will almost always be more than one technically acceptable answer.
    Brian Duggan, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Endurable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endurable. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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