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These include, for example, actions that artificially favor foreign exports, deny nondiscriminatory market access for U.S. firms, harm U.S. competitors’ IP rights, and otherwise involve foreign government toleration of systematic anticompetitive activities.
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Alden Abbott, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Government toleration of the same sorts of exercise of monopoly power by giant nonfood retailers dealt similar blows to independent drug and hardware store chains.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Dec. 2024
What Moana 2 has that Wicked ain’t got is a shorter running time of 100 minutes versus the latter’s 2 hours, 40 minutes — a much easier toleration of time for parents with kids.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2024
The law stipulates that the toleration of various forms of anti-Zionist speech constitutes anti-Jewish discrimination.
—Eric Levitz, Vox, 15 May 2024
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Alden Abbott, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Government toleration of the same sorts of exercise of monopoly power by giant nonfood retailers dealt similar blows to independent drug and hardware store chains.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Dec. 2024
What Moana 2 has that Wicked ain’t got is a shorter running time of 100 minutes versus the latter’s 2 hours, 40 minutes — a much easier toleration of time for parents with kids.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2024
The law stipulates that the toleration of various forms of anti-Zionist speech constitutes anti-Jewish discrimination.
—Eric Levitz, Vox, 15 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toleration
Noun
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Be sure to weigh costs, storage needs and risk tolerance before making a decision.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Park officials cite zero-tolerance ride safety rules banning all loose articles — even snacks.—
Assistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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All over the world, the ideological warfare of the twentieth century seemed to have given way to a general acceptance that democracy and capitalism were the best way to run a country.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Over the course of 11 tracks, Gibbard and co detail everything from devastating heartbreak to hard-won acceptance, using every memory as a roadmap.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
2 June 2026
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“Toleration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toleration. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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