tolerance

Example Sentences

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"Everything has to be reviewed from the ground up with one objective: zero tolerance."

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

You need to balance your risk tolerance with your risk capacity.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

She says that studies in mice have shown that starvation enhances the animal’s tolerance to chemotherapy doses but can’t cure the disease outright.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Over time, patients often develop tolerance, meaning they need increasingly higher doses to achieve the same level of relief.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

Imagine if there were 150 Rosa Parks standing up for tolerance, what a difference we would make.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers