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[tol-uh-rayt] / ˈtɒl əˌreɪt /


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The comfort and springy design may allow athletes to tolerate higher training volumes or intensities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Mathias Clasen, the author of A Very Nervous Person’s Guide to Horror Movies, explains how jumpscares work, and how you can learn to love them—or at least tolerate them.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

Adding grog improves the durability of a vessel and helps it tolerate the intense heat of firing and cooking.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

While passports have security features such as watermarks and electronic ID chips, Porter says, "we tolerate a £10 number plate with no security mechanism on it".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

“There is a limit to what one can tolerate in a single day. That limit has just been met.”

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Justice John Marshall Harlan was the only dissenter: “Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Building a resilient portfolio that tolerates inflation is a good start.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

In Hecox, it may resolve the case on mootness grounds or reaffirm that intermediate scrutiny tolerates generalizations even when they imperfectly fit at the margins.

From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2026

MIT engineers have created a new aluminum alloy that can be 3D printed, tolerates extreme heat, and reaches strength levels far beyond conventional aluminum.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025

The subsidiary reason is that the Party member, like the proletarian, tolerates present-day conditions partly because he has no standards of comparison.

From "1984" by George Orwell

"Such behavior should not be tolerated in the civilized world," Presidential Office spokeswoman Karen Kuo said in a statement, thanking US judicial authorities for "their assistance and protection of our citizens."

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Gen. Harmeet Dhillon said the campus had tolerated an “appalling hostile educational environment” for Jewish and Israeli students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"The body of evidence raises very serious questions for senior officials and ministers as to how the detention of children in these conditions was tolerated on humanitarian or legal grounds," said Dobbin.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Catherine of Aragon was not a passive victim who tolerated Henry’s abandonment of her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

But the children knew, as I’m sure you know, that the worst surroundings in the world can be tolerated if the people in them are interesting and kind.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

In a nation fed up with leaders seen as tolerating or colluding with organized crime, Manzo, 40, stood out.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

The RPF has a reputation for not tolerating any dissent, and talking about ethnicity is not encouraged.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien's clip went viral and triggered a backlash that led to his arrest in Singapore, which has a reputation for not tolerating bad behaviour.

From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026

In tolerating social freedoms, the regime is granting Iranians concessions that don’t threaten the survival of the system, say analysts and activists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025

I had a headache and didn’t feel like explaining myself, and was quite comfortable tolerating an uncomfortable silence.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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