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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
Many of the activists who led the 2021 protests remain in jail or exile, but the regime has become more tolerant, slowly releasing some prisoners.
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Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
Outside in your yard and lawn, consider switching to a more drought-tolerant grass.
—Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
By combining the material with airy grasses and perennials, Grace has designed a soft-looking, drought-tolerant space that's also easygoing.
—Elizabeth Jardina, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2026
String of Dolphins String of dolphins is drought tolerant and doesn’t require a lot of maintenance.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2026
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Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
Outside in your yard and lawn, consider switching to a more drought-tolerant grass.
—Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
By combining the material with airy grasses and perennials, Grace has designed a soft-looking, drought-tolerant space that's also easygoing.
—Elizabeth Jardina, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2026
String of Dolphins String of dolphins is drought tolerant and doesn’t require a lot of maintenance.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tolerant
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The 2-0 series lead for LA gives the Lakers the luxury of being able to be patient with their missing scorers.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The event is hosted by the nonprofit Compassion & Choices, which works to improve patient autonomy and individual choice at the end of life.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 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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However, when a stoic drifter named Herald Loomis (Joshua Boone) and his young daughter, Zonia (Savannah Commodore) arrive on their doorstep, the Holly’s world turns on its axis.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2026
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No manuscript of American history is complete without footnotes to its bookstores, and many of them have been much more than stoic spectators to the country’s evolution.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 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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By shedding heavy shells like those seen in early nautiloids and ammonites, the ancestors of modern octopuses traded passive defense for active offense.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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His playoff run showed an ability to generate quick wins if tackles are passive in setting to him.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
24 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 30 Apr. 2026.
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