as in resigned
receiving or enduring without offering resistance
old pictures of a graciously tolerating father letting his young children climb all over him
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as in letting
to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference
my boss simply doesn't tolerate tardiness
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2
as in accepting
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
suffering a terrible headache, the poor woman couldn't tolerate all the noise the neighbors were making
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Recent Examples of tolerating
Hanna Begić, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
The future will not be secured by tolerating lies or retreating into despair.
—Carolyn McKinney, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
People end up tolerating less-than-great environments to keep their paychecks.
—Big Think, 22 Sep. 2025
Underlying these views is an unspoken reorientation of the Fed's mandate, moving away from its statutory dual focus on stable prices and maximum employment toward policies that prioritize economic growth, potentially tolerating higher inflation to drive expansion.
—Bob Haber, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Shumard oaks are fast growing and incredibly adaptable, tolerating drought, wind, and urban conditions including pollution.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Trump has said that those duties are to hold those nations accountable for tolerating the flow of the deadly drug fentanyl into the United States.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
The reward for tolerating winter is spring.
—Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2025
Some patients may have trouble tolerating other blood pressure medications.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
And while European diplomats were for many years eager to court Vučić, even tolerating hedging tactics that saw Serbia expand ties with Russia and China, that changed amid the president’s response to months of protest.
—Hanna Begić, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
The future will not be secured by tolerating lies or retreating into despair.
—Carolyn McKinney, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
People end up tolerating less-than-great environments to keep their paychecks.
—Big Think, 22 Sep. 2025
Underlying these views is an unspoken reorientation of the Fed's mandate, moving away from its statutory dual focus on stable prices and maximum employment toward policies that prioritize economic growth, potentially tolerating higher inflation to drive expansion.
—Bob Haber, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Shumard oaks are fast growing and incredibly adaptable, tolerating drought, wind, and urban conditions including pollution.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Trump has said that those duties are to hold those nations accountable for tolerating the flow of the deadly drug fentanyl into the United States.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
The reward for tolerating winter is spring.
—Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2025
Some patients may have trouble tolerating other blood pressure medications.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tolerating
Adjective
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The Cowboys are only .500, and the expectations for this team from their resigned fan base are so low that a playoff appearance will qualify as a good year.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 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
Verb
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Then in the most recent three games, Dallas had the game against the Packers in the palm of its hand, before letting Jordan Love walk all over it in the final minute of the game.—
Greg Liodice,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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White’s legal team challenged it, and in late 2022 an appeals court ruled that the judge had erred in not letting White withdraw his guilty plea.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Passengers need more control of their seat assignments Ideally, there would also be a mechanism for accepting or rejecting a new seat.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Besides the power of the auto industry, Americans have become accepting of the ten of thousands of car crash fatalities every year.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Wilson said in any bacterial community there is already a significant portion that are either resistant to or are more tolerant of the presence of antibiotics.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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And other than ignoramus Slovacek, the recruits seem an unusually tolerant bunch with no qualms about leaning into the naturally homoerotic.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The next morning, Federline called his lawyer Mark Kaplan to draft a legal letter demanding that Spears stop breastfeeding their children, and Federline left town to promote his record, ignoring her calls and messages.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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Signs of sass becoming a problem include growling or snapping, guarding objects, ignoring basic commands persistently, or biting and destroying items.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Aaron Ashby’s tipping is worth monitoring In trying to disarm the Dodgers’ lineup, the Brewers leaned on their long-standing trust of reliever Aaron Ashby rather than falling into recency bias.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
14 Oct. 2025
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The critical response to Taylor Swift‘s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, has been all across the board, but there’s one section of the discourse that Ruby Rose — a longtime friend of the pop star’s — isn’t standing for.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
Verb
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In the end, Krantz added, adopting a more strategic approach ultimately benefits customers, allowing companies to use their time and money more effectively by learning from the successes of others.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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In contrast, the magnesium-free glass developed a surface layer that offered little protection, allowing boron to continue diffusing out, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Tolerating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tolerating. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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