tolerance

Example Sentences

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"Everything has to be reviewed from the ground up with one objective: zero tolerance."

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

You need to balance your risk tolerance with your risk capacity.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

She says that studies in mice have shown that starvation enhances the animal’s tolerance to chemotherapy doses but can’t cure the disease outright.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

“At this stage, once the business has grown, our risk tolerance is much higher.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

General Peckem’s attitude toward all the personnel in his command, officers and enlisted men, was marked by the same easy spirit of tolerance and permissiveness.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller