patience
Example Sentences
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“The hope will be that this is finally the week when a real breakthrough is achieved, but should negotiations fail then we could see market patience wear thin,” he added.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
He asked the community for continued patience over the next few hours as crews worked to validate the initial data they were seeing regarding temperature stabilization.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
The New York Times described Rollins as establishing “a genuine American rhetoric, delirious and ecstatic; audiences reoriented their imagination, and their sense of patience, around them.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Usyk - so often the sport's master of patience - was forced to dig deep.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Before she could say anything, Misha lost his patience with the goats swarming him.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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