tolerance

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Over time, patients often develop tolerance, meaning they need increasingly higher doses to achieve the same level of relief.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

A survey found only 31% of U.S. subscribers would cancel after a $1 hike, indicating strong pricing power and tolerance.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

But a lot of judges have hit the absolute outer boundaries of their tolerance for this.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

And that tolerance for discomfort matters for reasons that go way beyond the accuracy of AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

My mind runs through everything we learned about Nazi Germany these past three weeks of tolerance education, and during the Holocaust unit in fifth grade.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman