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patience

[pay-shuhns] / ˈpeɪ ʃəns /


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Coaching a team to be a team takes time, patience and a sound idea of the strengths of all your players.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

I spent fruitless hours testing my employer’s patience, neglecting my more immediate work while dredging up zero-retweet Twitter posts from the early 2010s.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

That hasn’t worked out, and lenders’ patience is running dry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

“I have a hard time believing that Chairman Warsh will have that much patience for above-target inflation,” said Stephen Stanley, chief U.S. economist at Santander Capital Markets.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

He had no patience for giggling, and even less for Theo himself.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis




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