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tolerance

[tol-er-uhns] / ˈtɒl ər əns /






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That said, Barclays expects a slowdown below 4% for GDP growth could test that tolerance and prompt stronger policy support next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

As treatment continued, the animals became less responsive to the compound, indicating that they had developed tolerance.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

A: Most businesses essentially ran a zero-risk tolerance for breaking things, so they would test the hell out of a patch before they put it into production.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

“Wicker” is empathetic to their insecurities, yet it has no tolerance for how moral hypocrites ignore the opportunity for self-improvement in favor of scorching everything to the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

I was bored, so it again confused me that she would pick this place, since Margo always struck me as a person with a very limited tolerance for boredom.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

The tourism sector is acutely susceptible to security issues, but "different tourists from different parts of the world have different risk tolerances," Bohl said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026

The fit and finish were exemplary; and shutlines and panel gaps are precise to aerospace tolerances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

Away from the AI mania, one of the most interesting things about this study was that advisers are apt to project their own risk tolerances onto their clients.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2025

Dire wolves, native to Southern California but not limited to the region, were highly adaptable and had a very wide range of environmental tolerances before the species went extinct about 10,000 years ago, Lindsey said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025

State and county officials are under no compulsion to follow the federal pesticides tolerances unless local laws happen to conform — and they seldom do.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson


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