tolerant
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High inflation earlier in the 2020s has left policymakers sensitive to perceptions that they are too tolerant of rising prices, so any hint of additional inflation could prompt interest-rate hikes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
“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
The work marks an important advance toward fault tolerant quantum computing, where calculations can proceed without being derailed by constant errors.
From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026
“I feel we’ve lost energy. I don’t think we’re as determined as we were twenty years ago when King died. We have become less tolerant and less supportive of those who are less fortunate.”
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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