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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
In addition to being deer-resistant, plumbago is tough as nails, drought tolerant, and fast-growing, though not invasive.
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Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Mar. 2025
In local Facebook groups, parents often exchange tips about practices that are more tolerant of spreading out or refusing vaccines.
—Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Every single day, the president is engaging in exceptional tactics, in risk tolerant behavior.
—NBC News, 16 Mar. 2025
Dalrymple finds another India in the past: open to trade, tolerant, scientific, creative, and universalist.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Mar. 2025
In local Facebook groups, parents often exchange tips about practices that are more tolerant of spreading out or refusing vaccines.
—Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Every single day, the president is engaging in exceptional tactics, in risk tolerant behavior.
—NBC News, 16 Mar. 2025
Dalrymple finds another India in the past: open to trade, tolerant, scientific, creative, and universalist.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tolerant
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Physicians suffering from burnout are more than twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents than physicians who are not suffering from burnout.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Despite increasing residency programs, student debt forgiveness, and tuition-free medical school, California is unlikely to meet patient demand, observers say.—
Bernard J. Wolfson and Vanessa G. Sánchez,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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His resigned air in the press conference felt like a man who had too much to juggle to cross over the line first.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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In recent weeks, a number of artists canceled planned appearances and resigned positions associated with the center.—
Julia Jacobs,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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His dad was a stiff-upper-lip kind of guy, and Clint became known as the stoic kid with the sleepy brown eyes.—
Jenni Carlson,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Now Fans often compare him to Takenori Akagi, the stoic team captain from the series.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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And that course gave me the knowledge to buy investment properties and make passive income.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The study found that certain human activities at sea, such as fishing and particularly underwater spearfishing and the management of passive fish traps, are associated with this type of bite.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Netanyahu appears convinced that his country’s security, along with his own political survival, depends on prolonging the military offensives and keeping both Gaza and Lebanon ungovernable, and therefore acquiescent.—
Mohanad Hage Ali,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2024
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The young man’s comment was out of line, and my silence felt somehow acquiescent.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2024
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“Tolerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tolerant. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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