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tolerance

[tol-er-uhns] / ˈtɒl ər əns /






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“Knowing what the client needs, their risk tolerance and their goals help us to best serve them and put their coverage into the right products.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

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

By some measures, however, individual investors have even less tolerance for some of the features of private equity than do institutions.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Since the incident with the racist note segued into a unit on tolerance, I’m going to revisit and expand on that theme.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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