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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 Regnery’s telling, the bigger driver of Trane’s transformation has been a shift in its culture, towards being more risk-tolerant, innovative, and growth-focused.
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Ironically, given its high standard of living, Singapore is not as tolerant of LGBTQ+ lifestyles as some other Southeast Asian nations.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
For happy bulbs and a healthier lawn, Heath recommends selecting drought-tolerant grass or simply watering less.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2025
The researchers hypothesized that the reason there are more organisms living on the warheads than around them is because living on a solid hard surface is more advantageous than more transient substrates – and, in doing so, the organisms had become more tolerant to toxins seeping from the weapons.
—New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Ironically, given its high standard of living, Singapore is not as tolerant of LGBTQ+ lifestyles as some other Southeast Asian nations.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
For happy bulbs and a healthier lawn, Heath recommends selecting drought-tolerant grass or simply watering less.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2025
The researchers hypothesized that the reason there are more organisms living on the warheads than around them is because living on a solid hard surface is more advantageous than more transient substrates – and, in doing so, the organisms had become more tolerant to toxins seeping from the weapons.
—New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tolerant
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How did these ideas influence public health policies, medical education, or patient care?—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Oct. 2025
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The evacuation was carried out swiftly to ensure patient safety amid concerns about the structure.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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But there is a weariness here, too, a resigned cynicism that carries the film into its second act, which zooms ahead some 15 years and finds Perfidia’s child, Willa (Chase Infiniti), now a teenager living in hiding with her father, Bob.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Sep. 2025
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Just 14 yards on resigned run plays were, however, according to Pro Football Focus.—
Oliver Thomas,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Bieber isn’t like some stoic pitchers.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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In Start of Watch, Harry Bosch, a intensely observant, stoic and unyielding young man, is a probationary patrol officer with the LAPD.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
15 Oct. 2025
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There’s a difference, school leaders said, between building the confidence of girls, whom society expects to be obedient and agreeable, and building the confidence of boys, who get different societal messages.—
Melanie Asmar,
Denver Post,
5 Oct. 2025
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The Tyrell Corporation, a powerful company that created the replicants and profits from sending them to work on distant colonies, sees them as nothing more than obedient workers.—
Claire A. Simmers,
The Conversation,
25 Sep. 2025
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The silent operational mode of each launcher – completely passive until launch – adds a stealth element that complicates enemy reconnaissance and targeting, reported Army Recognition.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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If a fund invests in only one team, it's allowed to be more directly involved than as a passive owner, as seen recently at Bay FC.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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The president has been calling aggressively for lower rates and a more acquiescent Fed.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
17 Sep. 2025
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Where Chelsea’s domestic overseers have been largely acquiescent to their accounting ingenuity, the same can’t be said abroad.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Tolerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tolerant. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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