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tolerance

[tol-er-uhns] / ˈtɒl ər əns /






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In the next section, you spell out the core of any financial plan — your risk tolerance, what return you expect and your time horizon.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Gaspar said he has no tolerance for human suffering or for encampments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

And that any moral indictments are the result of the subjects’ lack of self-awareness and a viewer’s lack of tolerance for entitled megalomania.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Smith's appeal included a letter from his GP which said he had an "unlimited exercise tolerance".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

I immediately decided to throw out my meticulously planned lessons and make tolerance the core of my curriculum.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

“My agent will know the places I like, it will have insight into my finances, my budget, my risk tolerances, all my preferences from the kind of room I like to my pillow type.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

The tourism sector is acutely susceptible to security issues, but "different tourists from different parts of the world have different risk tolerances," Bohl said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026

But people have different risk tolerances, joys, skills and motivations.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026

Dire wolves, native to Southern California but not limited to the region, were highly adaptable and had a very wide range of environmental tolerances before the species went extinct about 10,000 years ago, Lindsey said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025

The first necessity is the elimination of tolerances on the chlorinated hydrocarbons, the organic phosphorus group, and other highly toxic chemicals.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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