How to Use zero tolerance in a Sentence

zero tolerance

noun
  • At the time, the FIGC vowed to implement zero tolerance measures, but the abuse shows no sign of going away.
    Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
  • What baseball has to do, in the future, is make sure its teams show zero tolerance for this type of discrimination.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 10 June 2023
  • Cargill also said that had zero tolerance of the use of underage labor and ended their contract with PSSI.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 30 July 2023
  • Musk and his new CEO need to demonstrate zero tolerance for that tactic, speaking with one voice—no exceptions.
    John Rau, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The best of season three’s first four episodes are the ones that document Nate’s evolution into an anti-Ted who runs West Ham with an iron fist and has zero tolerance for workplace chitchat.
    Erik Adams, Chron, 10 Mar. 2023
  • In a 2014 video, Fitzgerald said his program had a zero tolerance policy for hazing.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 July 2023
  • The development adds to a number of scandals in the financial hub known for its zero tolerance for corruption.
    TIME, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Some homes conducted regular drug tests and had zero tolerance.
    Jack Healy, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • For the first time in my life, overdose prevention is gaining acceptance as our culture of tough love and zero tolerance is slowly losing credibility.
    Ryan Hampton, Time, 15 Aug. 2023
  • In a span of several months, peaking in the summer of 2018, the government separated some five thousand children from their parents as part of a deliberate policy called zero tolerance.
    Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
  • There must be zero tolerance for activity that puts into question the integrity of competition.
    Michael Silverman, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
  • The government, on the other side, keeps their zero tolerance and zero empathy attitude, pushing the police to be aggressive and violence and consistently inciting against anyone who'll stand in their way.
    Time, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Every organization ought to have a policy of zero tolerance for bullying, inappropriate behavior and any other type of behavior that is disrespectful.
    Lawrence Henderson, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • As responsible community partners, Family Dollar is committed to a culture of zero tolerance for alcohol sales violations.
    Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 4 Jan. 2024

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