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tolerate

[tol-uh-reyt] / ˈtɒl əˌreɪt /


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Grant has been a well-established critic of the Fed’s propensity to tolerate inflation for some time and in particular he condemns the purchasing power that has been lost since 2020, because of the Fed’s policies.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

People have become habituated to this, tolerate it, factor it in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

“I mean, once you start saying you’re going to tolerate 2%, that compounds pretty dramatically over time—and you’re saying to people if you’re getting less than 2% on your money, you’re going backwards.”

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

They also highlighted an additional 24 planets within a more restrictive 3D habitable zone, based on tighter assumptions about how much heat a planet can tolerate before becoming uninhabitable.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

They were too familiar to ignore, but too different to tolerate.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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