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[tol-uh-rayt] / ˈtɒl əˌreɪt /


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Most of the time we tolerate limited liability because mass torts are rare and we don’t know they’re going to happen in advance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

While passports have security features such as watermarks and electronic ID chips, Porter says, "we tolerate a £10 number plate with no security mechanism on it".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

That’s a loss most other restaurants wouldn’t tolerate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Phytoliths from Chloridoideae grasses, which tolerate drought and are adapted to warm, dry arid conditions, appeared less frequently.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

Emma’s only surprize was that Jane Fairfax should accept those attentions and tolerate Mrs. Elton as she seemed to do.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

Justice John Marshall Harlan was the only dissenter: “Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

But a court that tolerates such defiance eventually forfeits the right to demand obedience.

From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026

Building a resilient portfolio that tolerates inflation is a good start.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

“We are not a nation that tramples the 4th Amendment and tolerates our neighbors being terrorized,” he said.

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2026

The subsidiary reason is that the Party member, like the proletarian, tolerates present-day conditions partly because he has no standards of comparison.

From "1984" by George Orwell

While a handful of moderate dissidents are tacitly tolerated as a matter of expedience, most other heretics have been driven from the tent.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

Mahmood said "lawlessness of any kind" would "never be tolerated".

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

"They may have lived in large groups, where males competed for mates, but also tolerated each other at times for safety in a dangerous environment."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

Residents of Savannah, now a tourist mecca known for its moss-draped squares and antebellum architecture, tolerated the river pollution and dismissed the mill’s rotten odor as “the smell of money.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

“Quite. That’s why there was no hullabaloo to welcome us. They merely tolerated what, to them, must be a constantly recurring psychotic condition.”

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien's clip went viral and triggered a backlash that led to his arrest in Singapore, which has a reputation for not tolerating bad behaviour.

From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026

That could lead to the RBA tolerating a recession in order to contain inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

While her affection for Kermit is true, the great joke of their affair is that he’s often portrayed as tolerating her instead of providing the full worship she demands – nay, deserves.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026

Off-the-field incidents involving a number, external of , externalplayers, external who subsequently remained on the team, has also tested belief in the All Blacks' famed policy of not tolerating poor behaviour.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026

It’s a tricky moment for a whole town that’s embracing tolerance, because most of us have trouble tolerating ReelTok.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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