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tolerance

[tol-er-uhns] / ˈtɒl ər əns /






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Physician-researcher Miller in 1996 first proposed a two-stage disease process of initiation by exposure and then triggering of symptoms called TILT, for Toxicant-Induced Loss of Tolerance, as the mechanism behind chemical intolerance.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2024

The Museum of Tolerance in Pico-Robertson will be participating in the event on March 24.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 29, 2024

Tolerance for deviant behavior, under this argument, will inevitably lead to more harmful vices, and even crimes.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2024

The annual Pride and Tolerance Parade in Jerusalem is normally relatively staid, especially compared with Tel Aviv’s carnival-like iteration.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2023

Trent Bolger was not particularly creative, but he was thorough, and subtle enough to evade detection by the enforcers of Chapel Hill High School’s Zero Tolerance Policy toward racial and ethnic slurs.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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