tolerable
Example Sentences
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Not because spices make cheap food merely tolerable, but because they’re often the difference between a meal that feels like compromise and one you genuinely crave again a few days later.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
She became the woman who, more than perhaps any one other person, made California’s air tolerable, if not technically healthy, and revved up the state’s climate and greenhouse gas policies.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
That prospect for growth makes its valuation look tolerable.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
One of these companies has a slightly more tolerable vision than the rest, although it’s fair to question whether any one of these ideals could ever vanquish the others.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2026
It was plain that no tolerable relationship could exist between Estraven and myself.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing tolerable
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Farewell to Manzanar
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