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as in patient
accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint
this job requires a tolerant person who is used to dealing with complaints and angry customers
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as in resigned
receiving or enduring without offering resistance
a tolerant acceptance of the terrible way that his wife has always treated him
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Recent Examples of tolerant
Dalrymple finds another India in the past: open to trade, tolerant, scientific, creative, and universalist.
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Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
For instance, if a somewhat dry season is predicted, the farmer can choose to plant more drought tolerant varieties or hybrids.
—Steven Savage, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Some have been bred to be more tolerant of cold or heat, or will take more or less time to reach maturity.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
While the breed is tolerant of children, Brutus is not.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
For instance, if a somewhat dry season is predicted, the farmer can choose to plant more drought tolerant varieties or hybrids.
—Steven Savage, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Some have been bred to be more tolerant of cold or heat, or will take more or less time to reach maturity.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
While the breed is tolerant of children, Brutus is not.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tolerant
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Today, healthcare organizations use AI to improve patient experiences with data gathering and summarization features.—
Maribel Lopez,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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On the days near that peak, patient skywatchers may be treated to a modest but mesmerizing display of shooting stars streaking across the sky.—
Jake Parks,
Discover Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
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His resigned air in the press conference felt like a man who had too much to juggle to cross over the line first.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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In recent weeks, a number of artists canceled planned appearances and resigned positions associated with the center.—
Julia Jacobs,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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And finally… Win as a team, lose as a team, or so the saying goes, but stoic camaraderie is asking a lot of Real Valladolid.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Both fascinating and infuriating, Henry Fonda for President, by Austrian filmmaker Alexander Horwath, examines the dark-browed, blue-eyed stoic Hollywood actor Henry Fonda as more politically significant than his infamously radical daughter, Jane.—
Armond White,
National Review,
4 Apr. 2025
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The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Like the forest, the building is not a passive backdrop.—
Nazanin Lankarani,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Why not consider additional sources of long-term income generation, which can develop passive income to support you and your family for years to come?—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Netanyahu appears convinced that his country’s security, along with his own political survival, depends on prolonging the military offensives and keeping both Gaza and Lebanon ungovernable, and therefore acquiescent.—
Mohanad Hage Ali,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2024
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The young man’s comment was out of line, and my silence felt somehow acquiescent.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2024
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“Tolerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tolerant. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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