tolerant

Example Sentences

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“The U.S. energy business is going to have to get more risk tolerant and spread their wings outside the U.S.”

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

They were sympathetic to the concept—this was a liberal neighborhood, after all—and they were trying to be tolerant.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

If a retiree is risk tolerant, they put 5X their net annual expenses in their fixed-income safety ballast and the rest in equities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

To address this limitation, the team inserted a gene from a related bacterium that is more tolerant of oxygen.

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

Since they are tolerant of each other, they can be bunched up.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond