as in patience
the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining
showed great tolerance in dealing with the child's tantrums
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Recent Examples of tolerance
When to Call a Professional The decision to contact a pest control provider boils down to personal pest tolerance.
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Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 27 May 2026
The current mayor must make clear that the city will have no tolerance for this mayhem going forward.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
Scholarly conferences have been beset by papers with hallucinated citations, and pre-print clearinghouse arXiv has recently implemented a zero-tolerance ban policy to try to stem the problem.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
My tolerance for being uncomfortable is not as high as other people's.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
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Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 27 May 2026
The current mayor must make clear that the city will have no tolerance for this mayhem going forward.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
Scholarly conferences have been beset by papers with hallucinated citations, and pre-print clearinghouse arXiv has recently implemented a zero-tolerance ban policy to try to stem the problem.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
My tolerance for being uncomfortable is not as high as other people's.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tolerance
patience
Noun
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That felt like the day when patience snapped with Slot as no Liverpool manager had faced that level of dissent on home turf since the final throes of Roy Hodgson’s tenure in late 2010.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Sometimes the right recommendation is conservative when excitement is everywhere, and sometimes the right advice is patience when clients want action.—
Nathaniel Tilton,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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“Tolerance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tolerance. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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