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

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

The third-party manager could be less tolerant of cost overruns and delays.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

In acknowledgment of the University of California’s tolerant hospitality toward a laboratory that was now devoted almost entirely to government work, Lawrence dubbed the new unit the calutron.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik