tolerance
Example Sentences
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From that point on, a zero tolerance approach was adopted.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
The treated animals also showed improvements in glucose and insulin tolerance.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
He has enormous personal tolerance for dramatic, high-stakes situations in which outcomes are unknown and won’t immediately be known.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The notion of having to seek permission or paying to use an international waterway that they previously used for free and without condition will stretch those states’ tolerance, Oxford Analytica said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
“It was the worst thing I could think of. And even then I didn’t really understand how awful it was. Not until the tolerance education unit—and by then it was too late.”
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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Vocabulary lists containing tolerance
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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A Separate Peace
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