tolerance
Example Sentences
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From that point on, a zero tolerance approach was adopted.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
"These findings could be highly significant for plant cultivation. If we can control adhesion, it may be possible to breed plants with improved tolerance to environmental stress."
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 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
But he acknowledged that “over time you develop less tolerance for squalor.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
It is true, for example, that racial incidents, followed by calls for tolerance and understanding, are a more-or-less permanent feature of the American landscape, durable as the Rocky Mountains, familiar as the Mississippi River.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Vocabulary lists containing tolerance
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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A Separate Peace
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