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tolerance

[tol-er-uhns] / ˈtɒl ər əns /






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How much you choose to invest depends on your financial objectives, time horizon and risk tolerance.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

But he acknowledged that “over time you develop less tolerance for squalor.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Picking Sardothien had been a gamble—a bet against his father’s tolerance.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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