tolerance
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This also implies less emphasis on headline GDP growth and greater tolerance for near-term growth fluctuations instead of pursing growth at all costs, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
The genetically modified mice also demonstrated improved glucose tolerance, indicating that their bodies were better able to manage blood sugar after receiving glucose.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
The reason you’re a little queasy about being 90%-plus in equities all of a sudden is because your risk tolerance naturally tends to shift as you age.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
Contacted by AFP, Vinted said it applied a policy of "zero tolerance" in such cases and was cooperating "actively with law enforcement and the French authorities".
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
As the person responsible for seeking solutions to housing problems, she had reached her limit of tolerance.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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The tourism sector is acutely susceptible to security issues, but "different tourists from different parts of the world have different risk tolerances," Bohl said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
The fit and finish were exemplary; and shutlines and panel gaps are precise to aerospace tolerances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
But people have different risk tolerances, joys, skills and motivations.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026
Dire wolves, native to Southern California but not limited to the region, were highly adaptable and had a very wide range of environmental tolerances before the species went extinct about 10,000 years ago, Lindsey said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025
State and county officials are under no compulsion to follow the federal pesticides tolerances unless local laws happen to conform — and they seldom do.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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