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tolerance

[tol-er-uhns] / ˈtɒl ər əns /






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In your 50s and 60s, you should think about the other ways you spend money — namely topping up your retirement accounts and managing your risk tolerance.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

From that point on, a zero tolerance approach was adopted.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

"These findings could be highly significant for plant cultivation. If we can control adhesion, it may be possible to breed plants with improved tolerance to environmental stress."

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

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

But tolerance is a project you always have to keep working at.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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