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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
Buyers have become far less tolerant of poor production quality, overly long sessions and generic presentations.
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David Steifman,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Grow heat-tolerant vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, and melons, and select heat-resistant cultivars for sensitive crops.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 June 2026
Yarrow loves dry conditions and is quite drought-tolerant.
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Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
21 June 2026
That happens when the wet-bulb globe temperature, which includes temperature, humidity, cloud cover and wind, reads above about 95 degrees, though some people will be more heat tolerant.
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Dorany Pineda,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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David Steifman,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Grow heat-tolerant vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, and melons, and select heat-resistant cultivars for sensitive crops.
—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 June 2026
Yarrow loves dry conditions and is quite drought-tolerant.
—
Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
21 June 2026
That happens when the wet-bulb globe temperature, which includes temperature, humidity, cloud cover and wind, reads above about 95 degrees, though some people will be more heat tolerant.
—
Dorany Pineda,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for tolerant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tolerant
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Be patient with kids and romantic partners, because squabbles might arise.
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Reducing friction often comes down to simple improvements such as online scheduling, prompt follow-up and easy access to key patient information.
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There’s something refreshing, in a resigned sort of way, about finding yourself in a restaurant that knows the value of everything—and the price, too.
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The general reaction from my colleagues seemed to be a resigned sense that chaos is the new norm.
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Instead, in much of popular culture, men often get messages encouraging them to be stoic and unemotional.
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Your instinct may be to focus on logistics while avoiding your emotions… but unfortunately for you, this season is anything but stoic.
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Second, victims of higher taxes don’t stand still and get sheared like obedient sheep.
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The dogs Kostyukevich saw on Happy K9 Academy’s Instagram page seemed happy and obedient.
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Because SpaceX's publicly tradable float remains small compared with its total market capitalization, even a modest index weighting could require meaningful purchases from passive investment vehicles.
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During the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings call Friday, CFO Sean McCabe said Cineverse had shifted from 50-50 joint venture partner to passive minority stakeholder.
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That amendment had been made a dead letter by Jim Crow state legislatures and an acquiescent Supreme Court.
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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.
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“Tolerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tolerant. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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