tolerant

Example Sentences

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To address this limitation, the team inserted a gene from a related bacterium that is more tolerant of oxygen.

From Science Daily

We will take solace in how funny he could be, how wise and utterly accepting and tolerant he was.

From BBC

The third-party manager could be less tolerant of cost overruns and delays.

From The Wall Street Journal

In his rebuke on Wednesday evening, Sir Keir added that Britain was "a proud, tolerant and diverse country" and called on Sir Jim to apologise.

From BBC

Well, out of all of those thousands and thousands of friendly, cordial, or just plain tolerant replies Claire might give me, I could only think of three.

From Literature