tolerant

Example Sentences

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One question will be asked – will foreign referees at a World Cup be as tolerant of the physical exchanges in the penalty area that often go unpunished in the Premier League?

From BBC

“The U.S. energy business is going to have to get more risk tolerant and spread their wings outside the U.S.”

From Barron's

“The U.S. energy business is going to have to get more risk tolerant and spread their wings outside the U.S.”

From Barron's

Importantly, the resonances remained stable even when the geometry was not perfectly optimized, showing that the design is tolerant of fabrication imperfections.

From Science Daily

She did her best to be kind to us, and tolerant, but she was used to living alone, and sometimes, I think, she found it difficult to hide her irritation with us.

From Literature