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tolerance

[tol-er-uhns] / ˈtɒl ər əns /






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By some measures, however, individual investors have even less tolerance for some of the features of private equity than do institutions.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Social media platforms also told us they had zero tolerance for any content that promoted people smuggling and were working with authorities to combat organised crime.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The notion of having to seek permission or paying to use an international waterway that they previously used for free and without condition will stretch those states’ tolerance, Oxford Analytica said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

His research shows that innovation occurs more quickly in larger populations with efficient ways of transmitting knowledge and a high tolerance for diversity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

But most of Ben’s hatred and humiliation was directed at the waiter, who shook his head with a patronizingly bemused tolerance.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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