tolerance
Example Sentences
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Wall Street veterans will tell you that after several years of a booming bull market, every ordinary investor thinks they’re a stock-picking genius and that they have a very high tolerance for risk.
From MarketWatch
Gaming company Activision Blizzard UK Ltd said the ad promoted the 18-rated video game and was therefore targeted at adult audiences only, who had a higher tolerance for irreverent or exaggerated humour.
From BBC
They require a tolerance for suffering and European hotels with tiny beds.
He said he’s been seeing “some interest from private equity, private investors that have higher risk tolerance and have a bit of a different business model.”
From MarketWatch
"Personal identity is increasingly centred on national loyalty in the eyes of the public, diminishing the tolerance for 'deviance' or dual-identity".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
