countenance
Example Sentences
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The aim, colleges and advisers explain, is to probe how well students can countenance other viewpoints.
It understood its sector — venture capitalists and technology start-ups — and made loans that national banks would never have countenanced.
From New York Times
These striking works center on modeled, black-and-white countenances in front of flat blossoms, also monochromatic but sometimes overlaid with color.
From Washington Post
Because it is outrageous that such a wealthy city has countenanced inhuman living conditions like this for years.
From Seattle Times
But we continue to countenance killing birds for fashion.
From Los Angeles Times
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