tolerant
Example Sentences
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High inflation earlier in the 2020s has left policymakers sensitive to perceptions that they are too tolerant of rising prices, so any hint of additional inflation could prompt interest-rate hikes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
“The U.S. energy business is going to have to get more risk tolerant and spread their wings outside the U.S.”
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
They were sympathetic to the concept—this was a liberal neighborhood, after all—and they were trying to be tolerant.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
To address this limitation, the team inserted a gene from a related bacterium that is more tolerant of oxygen.
From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026
I wanted to give him some of the purified water, but he was drinking like the bonobos in the sanctuary did, and I figured his system was more tolerant than mine.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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