tolerate

Example Sentences

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“I mean, once you start saying you’re going to tolerate 2%, that compounds pretty dramatically over time—and you’re saying to people if you’re getting less than 2% on your money, you’re going backwards.”

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“We’re not going to tolerate this kind of corruption in California.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

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

A spokesman told the Financial Times that it did not "tolerate any administration official illegally profiteering off of insider knowledge".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Few people could tolerate the gray zone for long, but this was the place where George Blake found his true calling—and his real powers as a spy.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau