tolerance
Example Sentences
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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
“Investors with an above-average level of risk tolerance should consider buying growth here,” Colas 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
Even at that point, in 1957, the Food and Drug Administration could not instantly rescind the tolerance which allowed residues of a known carcinogen to contaminate food consumed by the public.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing tolerance
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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A Separate Peace
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