as in patient
accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint
the long-suffering parents calmly waited until the tantrum had passed
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as in patience
the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining
you will need infinite long-suffering to put up with that arrogant jerk
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Recent Examples of long-suffering
Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Issuing new stock would be a blow to the company’s long-suffering shareholders, diluting the value of their holdings.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
As Oz Cobb, Colin Farrell plays a long-suffering henchman trying to get on top for once.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2024
My long-suffering fan was today’s West in a duplicate game at her club.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
The team’s long-suffering fans certainly showed up Wednesday, with a standing-room-only crowd of 17,245 packing Honda Center for the home opener.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Issuing new stock would be a blow to the company’s long-suffering shareholders, diluting the value of their holdings.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
As Oz Cobb, Colin Farrell plays a long-suffering henchman trying to get on top for once.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2024
My long-suffering fan was today’s West in a duplicate game at her club.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for long-suffering
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This increase is attributed to changes in occupancy, patient mix, and Medicaid rates.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Integrated tracking provides insights to fuel further optimization toward business KPIs like first consult and patient conversion rates.Bahram Moshrefnoory, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Best show patience with young Buffs who’ll have to learn on the fly while traveling to hoops hornets nests such as Stillwater (Jan. 18), Tucson (Jan. 21), Lawrence (Feb. 11), Ames (Feb. 18) and Lubbock (March 5) this winter.Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024
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Democratic government challenges our wisdom, our patience and our sense of fairness.Cindy Chavez, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Case Study: David, a senior executive known for his stoic demeanor, struggles to retain young talent and foster innovation in his department.Patricia Kennedy, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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As a fellow Capricorn, Trainor embodies her sign’s stoic yet witty side with this epic costume, channeling this Earth sign’s wisdom and desire for authority.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Feeding into Milioti’s volatile performance, her costumes chart a journey from obedient heiress to homicidal mob boss, culminating in her violent retribution against Oz in the show’s penultimate episode.Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Even so, our exercises did not suggest that any authoritarian would command a uniformly obedient federal workforce.Barton Gellman, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
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“Long-suffering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long-suffering. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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