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Recent Examples of sufferance Every page is alive with animus, ardor, humor, sufferance, with venom for death and its posturing acolytes: Anyone who has not killed is not a man: This sentence, which Hemingway fashioned, means nothing at all. Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024 Matchday was a sufferance, the opposite of life-affirming. George Caulkin, The Athletic, 10 July 2024 Through his cult of personality, Modi is fulfilling a century-old project, recasting India as a Hindu nation, in which minorities, particularly Muslims, live at the sufferance of the majority. Samanth Subramanian Vikas Adam Tanya Pérez Zachary Mouton, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024 The Kirk Douglas, the smallest of the company’s three venues and ostensibly the most experimental, is the scrappy Culver City orphan, living at the sufferance of its older siblings at L.A.’s Music Center. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023 Air India’s nationalization signaled that in independent India private enterprise would survive on the government’s sufferance. Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2021 In the music of Beethoven, there is such an ethical, moral integrity … and power and sufferance. Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 10 Sep. 2019 Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. Thomas Jefferson Et Al, Cincinnati.com, 4 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sufferance
Noun
  • In order to hunt on private land, hunters must have written permission, Meeker said.
    Harley Walls, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
  • Three authors — novelist Andrea Bartz and nonfiction writers Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson — sued Anthropic for using their works without permission.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • This can take time and patience, especially in rush hour, with luggage in tow.
    Will McGough, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • These organizations typically feature mentorship programs, clear communication channels and patience for the learning curve that comes with professional development.
    Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • The administration made those moves without the consent or request of Newsom; the Democratic governor later sued, requesting a temporary restraining order to halt the National Guard troops from being used to enforce immigration or civil laws in the state.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
  • The deployment of 4,000 Guard members — along with 700 Marines from Twentynine Palms — marked the first time since 1965 that a president had federalized a state’s National Guard without the governor’s consent.
    Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Establishing a culture of risk tolerance can be transformative for startups.
    Vikram Joshi, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • And what are the limits of our tolerance as a society to the pollution of Earth in the pursuit of the goal to space?
    Sara Webb, Space.com, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • Frightened for her daughter’s life, Paulina’s mother did not sign the authorization.
    Rebecca Grant June 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
  • At a press conference, Johnson said the War Powers Act of 1973, which limits presidential military action without congressional authorization, is unconstitutional.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025

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“Sufferance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sufferance. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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