tolerance
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How much pain tolerance does each country have?
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
That imprint appears to promote immune tolerance and may help protect against inflammatory bowel disease-like conditions even after exposure to the metabolite has ended.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Expectations of foreign exchange intervention and the government’s potential tolerance for Bank of Japan interest-rate hikes could ease inflation risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"Glasgow is a multicultural and diverse city, and there is usually a high level of tolerance," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Coin seems to have reached the end of her tolerance for self-congratulation.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
The tourism sector is acutely susceptible to security issues, but "different tourists from different parts of the world have different risk tolerances," Bohl said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
The fit and finish were exemplary; and shutlines and panel gaps are precise to aerospace tolerances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
Away from the AI mania, one of the most interesting things about this study was that advisers are apt to project their own risk tolerances onto their clients.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2025
Dire wolves, native to Southern California but not limited to the region, were highly adaptable and had a very wide range of environmental tolerances before the species went extinct about 10,000 years ago, Lindsey said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025
State and county officials are under no compulsion to follow the federal pesticides tolerances unless local laws happen to conform — and they seldom do.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing tolerance
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