tolerance
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How much pain tolerance does each country have?
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
That imprint appears to promote immune tolerance and may help protect against inflammatory bowel disease-like conditions even after exposure to the metabolite has ended.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Expectations of foreign exchange intervention and the government’s potential tolerance for Bank of Japan interest-rate hikes could ease inflation risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Risk tolerance is the subjective marker in this trio.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Ever since he talked to me like a decent human being at church, my tolerance levels for Curtis have been much higher.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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 ● Mar. 15, 2026
“It’s the wind and wind chill coupled with temperatures below freezing that tend to push the operating tolerances beyond their thresholds.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
But people have different risk tolerances, joys, skills and motivations.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026
Dire wolves, native to Southern California but not limited to the region, were highly adaptable and had a very wide range of environmental tolerances before the species went extinct about 10,000 years ago, Lindsey said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025
State and county officials are under no compulsion to follow the federal pesticides tolerances unless local laws happen to conform — and they seldom do.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing tolerance
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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