tolerant
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"They grow faster, are more invasive, and more tolerant of common anti-cancer and stress-inducing drugs."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
At other times, he hasn’t been as tolerant, saying in a social-media post in late August that communities will “end up being backwards and poor” if they don’t welcome data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
“California was a place that was accepting and tolerant of all of that,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Affecting a tough-guy realism, Mr. Bockino is contemptuous of antigambling officials in the era before legalization and tolerant of the worst rogues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Apparently the adult mosquitoes had become sufficiently tolerant of DDT to escape from sprayed buildings and rest and recover in the open.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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