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Recent Examples of toleration
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.
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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
Bigotry has no place in society, especially in schools where religious toleration needs to be stressed.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2024
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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
Bigotry has no place in society, especially in schools where religious toleration needs to be stressed.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toleration
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Associate administrator Amit Kshatriya pointed to Artemis I flight data, ground testing, and engineering models as justification, and Glover acknowledged the risk head-on, noting the heat shield and parachutes are systems with zero fault tolerance built in.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Early analyses have begun to link genes to traits such as drought tolerance and temperature adaptation, but researchers say more rigorous work is needed to confirm those links before they can be used to guide restoration.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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One benefit of the old way of doing things was that because adaptations had to change so drastically to fit a two-hour movie or broadcast TV miniseries format, there was greater acceptance that changes would be significant.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
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In its blending of ’90s slowcore and post-rock, the Chicago quartet conjures an uneasy reprieve, casting resignation not as a dead end but an inevitable, enviable acceptance.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Toleration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toleration. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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