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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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
Mary Triny Mena, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
Steering a flailing economy, presiding over Central America's highest homicide rate, and tolerating corruption in her own ranks Her party’s candidate, once the front-runner, trails in a distant third at 19 percent.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Trump, in his first term, added Nigeria to a list of countries accused of engaging in or tolerating religious persecution, only for Joe Biden’s administration to remove it from the list.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Customers expect more while tolerating less.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
Self respect/love is a strong virtue, tolerating belittling is toxic.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
The result is a lower threshold for tolerating frustration, and a harder time focusing in the classroom.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
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
People end up tolerating less-than-great environments to keep their paychecks.
—Big Think, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
The United States is apparently tolerating having Rodríguez in charge, for now.
—Mary Triny Mena, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
Steering a flailing economy, presiding over Central America's highest homicide rate, and tolerating corruption in her own ranks Her party’s candidate, once the front-runner, trails in a distant third at 19 percent.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Trump, in his first term, added Nigeria to a list of countries accused of engaging in or tolerating religious persecution, only for Joe Biden’s administration to remove it from the list.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Customers expect more while tolerating less.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
Self respect/love is a strong virtue, tolerating belittling is toxic.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
The result is a lower threshold for tolerating frustration, and a harder time focusing in the classroom.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
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
People end up tolerating less-than-great environments to keep their paychecks.
—Big Think, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tolerating
Adjective
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The album’s 20 songs are the resigned and rueful sound of him making amends with his obscurity, and his larger place in the universe.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
14 Jan. 2026
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When legends who have left the public eye or dealt with illness pass away, there’s a sort of resigned expectation, but that wasn’t the case with Keaton, who worked all the way to the end before dying at 79.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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The latter is mostly what the Biden administration did, letting in violent criminals who committed new crimes, including the murder of American citizens.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Jan. 2026
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Minimal in both its copy and marketing, OAMC and Salomon appear confident in letting the product do the heavy lifting for this collaboration.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
13 Jan. 2026
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What matters now is whether organizations will continue accepting vendor lock-in as the price of operational simplicity or demand the architectural freedom that caters to the demands of modern workloads.—
Steve McDowell,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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The idea is that owners of businesses are above accepting tips, which are for underpaid workers, including barbers.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Ballato calls out Japanese holly as a shrub that's not only deer-resistant but also one that's particularly winter-tolerant.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
8 Jan. 2026
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For example, a recent study of ours in Montana found that an increasing majority of residents, 74% in 2023, are tolerant or very tolerant of wolves.—
Justin Angle,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2026
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That 50-day may as well not even be there; buyers and sellers are ignoring it.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2026
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Two people were arrested in Minnesota for allegedly assaulting federal officers and ignoring officers' orders to stay out of traffic, ICE said on Sunday.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
19 Jan. 2026
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Immediately after the Honda shifts from reverse into drive and begins to move ahead, that agent at the front of the vehicle, standing near the driver’s side headlight, pulls out a gun and aims at the driver.—
Devon Lum,
Twin Cities,
8 Jan. 2026
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Team revisited this long-standing problem The research team revisited this long-standing problem using a combination of careful laboratory experiments and advanced quantum chemical calculations.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The generals reduced even their limited need for an obedient prime minister.—
Mohammed Hanif,
Time,
1 Dec. 2025
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Since Francoism promoted an image of women as obedient wives and self-sacrificing mothers devoted to the Catholic family model, Republican women were demonized as immoral, dangerous and unworthy of motherhood.—
Zaya Rustamova,
The Conversation,
19 Nov. 2025
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Eventually, a second ICE vehicle joins, allowing the two cars to box Ecklund in.—
Conor Wight,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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In semiconductor technology, smaller nanometer sizes indicate more compact transistor designs, allowing faster processing speeds and greater energy efficiency.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Tolerating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tolerating. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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