tolerance

Example Sentences

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

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

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

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

The central bank’s projections indicate that inflation will top 4.0% this year before moving back toward the tolerance range by 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

I have tried to live with tolerance and forgiveness as the themes of my life.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren