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as in patient
accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint
this job requires a tolerant person who is used to dealing with complaints and angry customers
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as in resigned
receiving or enduring without offering resistance
a tolerant acceptance of the terrible way that his wife has always treated him
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Recent Examples of tolerant
For a longer-term solution, the city said residents can consider replacing turf or other high-water-use plants with drought-tolerant varieties that are better suited to Colorado’s climate.
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Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
Many cold tolerant, perennial herbs can be cultivated outdoors year round without winter protection—and some can even be harvested when they’re covered in snow.
—Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 11 Mar. 2026
But a new investigation of Asgard genomes has revealed previously unknown lineages of the microbes in shallow coastal sediments, some of which appear tolerant of and use oxygen, according to a study published February 18 in the journal Nature.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
Everyone’s hearts are closer to the surface than usual, so being tolerant of one another’s idiosyncrasies could be necessary to avoid strife.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2026
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Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
Many cold tolerant, perennial herbs can be cultivated outdoors year round without winter protection—and some can even be harvested when they’re covered in snow.
—Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 11 Mar. 2026
But a new investigation of Asgard genomes has revealed previously unknown lineages of the microbes in shallow coastal sediments, some of which appear tolerant of and use oxygen, according to a study published February 18 in the journal Nature.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
Everyone’s hearts are closer to the surface than usual, so being tolerant of one another’s idiosyncrasies could be necessary to avoid strife.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tolerant
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Your patient nature handles details well, while kindness helps everyone at home feel included in the plan and willing to contribute.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
17 Apr. 2026
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Davidson has been a patient figure in the Hawks front office, electing for a draft-heavy route to rebuild the team.—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Neither is the machine that, partway through the play, noisily turns the stage into a great berg of foam, which slowly subsumes a resigned Kramer.—
Talya Zax,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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Her booking photo shows a woman with a tousled bun, hollow cheeks and a resigned expression.—
Raheem Hosseini,
San Francisco Chronicle,
20 Feb. 2026
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To this, the stoic Bednar raised an uncharacteristic (and bruised) eyebrow.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
20 Apr. 2026
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Is there an art to talking to famous people who are famously stoic about their personal life and famously put up boundaries everywhere?—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2026
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Just think of all those vacant Madonnas, structurally perfect compositions, and obedient daydreams of antiquity.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Always obedient, Agnes happily welcomes Daisy despite Shu’s warnings.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
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Also, the safety system is passive yet highly effective.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Apr. 2026
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Know More Alternative assets such as private credit have come to play a big role at firms such as Franklin Templeton, one of several mid-sized mutual fund managers that have been steadily losing assets to less-expensive passive index funds.—
Miles Weiss,
semafor.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Trump is the most corrupt and scandal-plagued president since Nixon; indeed, his fiascoes eclipse Nixon’s, but many of them remain mostly or somewhat hidden, thanks in part to a much more acquiescent Republican Congress than the one Nixon had.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2026
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Trump and his top aides have been inconsistent in their messaging on their goals for the war, vacillating between calls for regime change and far shorter ambitions, such as an Islamic Republic that remains in power under leadership more acquiescent to the United States.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Tolerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tolerant. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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