tolerable

Example Sentences

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It trades at a tolerable valuation level—just over 17 times next 12 months aggregate earnings that analysts forecast, according to FactSet.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

That was tolerable when officials thought the Iran war would resolve quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

She became the woman who, more than perhaps any one other person, made California’s air tolerable, if not technically healthy, and revved up the state’s climate and greenhouse gas policies.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

It’s far easier to sit in the boiling waters of despair until the heat becomes tolerable than it is to try to alter the temperature all on our own.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

The gardens were sparse, suppressed by a long winter, and the buildings had not weathered well, but enough of the fair remained to give him “a tolerable idea” of what the exposition once had been.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson