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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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Recent Examples of intolerant
Dining: Take Care – a modern American bistro with an approachable mindset to wellness through its cuisine (and includes options for those who are vegan, vegetarian, and/or gluten intolerant).
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Tiffany Leigh, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Many people are intolerant to dust mites—not down—which can cause nasal congestion, itchy skin, and other not-so-fun symptoms.
—Suzy Forman, SELF, 23 Oct. 2024
For those who are intolerant to dairy products or those who are vegan, almonds are a great source of calcium and phosphorus.
—Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2024
But the Soviet system was simply too intolerant of disagreements to leave their loyalties to chance.
—Jeremy Friedman, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2024
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Tiffany Leigh, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Many people are intolerant to dust mites—not down—which can cause nasal congestion, itchy skin, and other not-so-fun symptoms.
—Suzy Forman, SELF, 23 Oct. 2024
For those who are intolerant to dairy products or those who are vegan, almonds are a great source of calcium and phosphorus.
—Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2024
But the Soviet system was simply too intolerant of disagreements to leave their loyalties to chance.
—Jeremy Friedman, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2024
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Not only with beauty, of course; impatient rulers liked that Vajrayana promised enlightenment in one lifetime, as opposed to the usual Buddhist dozens, and Kublai Khan spread its teachings as far as his horsemen could ride.Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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And as the number of people experiencing homelessness has spiked in the state – growing to more than 181,000 at last count – voters have in turn become increasingly impatient for a change from the status quo.Vanessa Rancaño, NPR, 28 Dec. 2024
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Get Into the Holiday Spirit by Watching Mariah Carey Bake Christmas Cookies Famous for its iconic title song, 9 to 5 follows Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda as a trio of fiery secretaries who topple the tyranny of their sexist, bigoted boss (Dabney Coleman).Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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Two Hindu Americans who made presidential runs—Tulsi Gabbard and Vivek Ramaswamy—have already endured a litany of bigoted attacks.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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But there are big stumbling blocks, including the narrow window to reach a deal and the widely varied value of the app.Auzinea Bacon, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
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The narrow edge is expected to get even slimmer when two Republican members of congress join Trump’s cabinet.Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
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But parochial political feuds and byzantine zoning codes have hampered LA’s efforts to get more new housing off the ground.Carly Stern, Vox, 6 Dec. 2024
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Given the court's significance in international law, this case could have more of an impact than COP on countries' behavior and corporate policies — and on future legal action, compared to past more parochial climate cases.Andrew Freedman, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
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In Canada, this is largely a provincial responsibility, but the national government shouldered a lot of the blame.Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Canadian provincial driver's license or Indian and Northern Affairs Canada card.Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024
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The sudden shift flummoxed the music industry, which had inherited a profoundly prejudiced business structure from the totalizing predation of Jim Crow.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Olivet President Jonathan Park and Vice President Walker Tzeng said that the probe was racially and religiously prejudiced and was prompted by news reports from Newsweek, which university leaders claimed to be inaccurate.Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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If the United States flouts the rules, authoritarians and other illiberal leaders need no further excuse to break them at will, inflicting horror on their own people and inciting instability beyond their borders.Sarah Yager, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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Democracy is in recession in all quarters of the globe, including in the West, where political centrism has been steadily losing ground to illiberal populism.Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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People are going to take things and run with them and be narrow-minded or whatever or take something out of context.Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
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The art world was dismissing the popular reception of Photorealism with a similarly narrow-minded explanation: Ordinary people, whose experience was being represented, liked it.Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Intolerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intolerant. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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