tolerance

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“It is manufactured to a tolerance of one defect in a million,” the report states.

From Los Angeles Times

Our tolerance for extreme temperatures may be connected to broader health benefits of heat.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Hauser’s pre-meeting messaging was refreshingly direct, but the RBA needs to make it clear that their tolerance for inflation remaining above target for an extended period of time is over,” Simon said.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

The technique also shows what chemists describe as "high functional-group tolerance."

From Science Daily