tolerance
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Navigators also helped make sure patients completed important follow-up steps after appointments, including glucose tolerance testing and subsequent medical visits.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
“If the stock represented a large share of their portfolio, the sale creates an opportunity to diversify. I would review their retirement timeline, spending needs, other investments, and tolerance for risk before recommending an allocation.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
“I would really like—through music, through art—to re-establish the values of humanity,” he said, citing attributes like mutual respect, love, tolerance and friendship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Gaspar said he has no tolerance for human suffering or for encampments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
By doing so, they created a program called “Celebrating Diversity Through the Arts” geared toward teaching tolerance to kids who have been marginalized by society and don’t feel like they fit in.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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But dividends are a draw to many investors with lower risk tolerances, especially those living off their savings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
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
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
The first necessity is the elimination of tolerances on the chlorinated hydrocarbons, the organic phosphorus group, and other highly toxic chemicals.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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A Separate Peace
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