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tolerate

[tol-uh-reyt] / ˈtɒl əˌreɪt /


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They also highlighted an additional 24 planets within a more restrictive 3D habitable zone, based on tighter assumptions about how much heat a planet can tolerate before becoming uninhabitable.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

“This government will not tolerate any company exploiting this crisis,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

“Shifting characters is not a hurdle while I write, but once I am done, I do think to myself: will people be able to tolerate so many characters and switching?”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

But his condition deteriorated, and four years later he was diagnosed with severe ME after he began struggling to walk and could not tolerate noise or light.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

“I don’t tolerate that language in my house.”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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