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as in impatient
unable or unwilling to endure
intolerant of fools, she is not an easy person to work for
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as in bigoted
unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints
intolerant people who callously deny others the very rights that they take for granted
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People who are intolerant to statin medications are unable to take statins due to experiencing certain side effects.1
Statins often cause side effects, such as muscle pains, weakness, and cramps, which are collectively referred to as myalgias.
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 2 Sep. 2024
The Democratic Party remains mostly intolerant of violent actors, but leftist support for political violence has also been increasing.
—Rachel Kleinfeld, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
The party that was intolerant of book banning is now censoring speech on social media.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2024
The next inflation-cooling force: Consumers are revolting against high prices
A new force is emerging that may bring inflation down further in the coming months: Americans are increasingly intolerant of price hikes.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 31 July 2024
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 2 Sep. 2024
The Democratic Party remains mostly intolerant of violent actors, but leftist support for political violence has also been increasing.
—Rachel Kleinfeld, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
The party that was intolerant of book banning is now censoring speech on social media.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 14 Aug. 2024
The next inflation-cooling force: Consumers are revolting against high prices
A new force is emerging that may bring inflation down further in the coming months: Americans are increasingly intolerant of price hikes.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 31 July 2024
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But investors have since grown impatient for concrete details.Yue Wang, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
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That plot, with a fee of $300,000, was also monitored by the FBI, which captured weeks of communication between a go-between and an increasingly impatient handler in Tehran.Karl Vick, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
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Vance has pushed the baseless, racist claim that Haitian immigrants are eating American pets, as well as bigoted, undemocratic ideas about people without children.Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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But as civility gets ground down to a nub by increasingly racist and bigoted behavior, from Trump down, there have to be consequences for actions.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024
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Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris remain locked in an extraordinarily narrow fight for the presidency after each candidate spent the final hours of their campaigns trying to win over voters in key swing states.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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In 2020, her poll showed Trump with a large lead in Iowa while others expected a narrow race or even a Biden win.Linh Ta, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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There are literally thousands of other Americans worldwide who have dedicated their lives in similar ways to causes that are more consequential than parochial nationalism.Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Slipknot have since gone multi-platinum, founded their own music festival, and stretched far beyond their parochial metal scene into persistent cultural relevance.Emma Madden, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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The city held the top spot on a real-time list of the world’s most polluted cities on Sunday after recording its highest-ever pollution reading of 1900 near the Pakistan-India border on Saturday, based on data released by the provincial government and Swiss group IQAir.Reuters, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Among others, on July 27, 2018, the DRC High Military Court upheld the conviction of 11 men, including a provincial deputy, found guilty in December 2017 of crimes against humanity for the rape of dozens of young children and girls and for murders in the village of Kavumu, 25 km from Bukavu.Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, founded by Kraft, says 10% of U.S. adult males are blatantly prejudiced against Jewish people and tend to be outspoken about it.Jessica Golden, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
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Certainly, many a prejudiced lender can hide behind this data black hole, but some more positive trends are also obscured.Michael del Castillo, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
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This anti-establishment sentiment, which favors illiberal solutions, is strongly rooted in the American psyche.Chris Jackson, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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The illiberal leader has found common cause with Georgia’s ruling party and was the first international leader to congratulate them after the election – even before the votes were officially tallied.Jill Dougherty, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
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That’s the rigorous—or narrow-minded—judgment that . . .Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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But the pacing is zippy; the animation is lush and textured, especially when the series, unexpectedly and wonderfully, veers into the supernatural; and the characterization tweaks are inspired, especially those that will make the most narrow-minded people mad.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Intolerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intolerant. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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