tolerance
Example Sentences
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In your 50s and 60s, you should think about the other ways you spend money — namely topping up your retirement accounts and managing your risk tolerance.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
The treated animals also showed improvements in glucose and insulin tolerance.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
Social media platforms also told us they had zero tolerance for any content that promoted people smuggling and were working with authorities to combat organised crime.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
By some measures, however, individual investors have even less tolerance for some of the features of private equity than do institutions.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
A state of affairs like this might have been bearable in England, where people like the Pellinores did sometimes turn up, and even won a sort of tolerance from their fellow men.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Vocabulary lists containing tolerance
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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A Separate Peace
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