as in tolerance
the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining
the teacher's patience is being sorely tested this year by several parents who seem to have no interest in their children's education
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Recent Examples of patience
The plan is patience, and few understand it better than Bernardo.
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Sam Lee, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
But with the way the once-bankable Danaher has tested our patience and been such a poor-performing stock, Tuesday’s results and outlook mean a bit more.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2025
Because the event is so popular, participating shop owners advise crawlers to have patience.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2025
Creating an effective back office requires experimenting with hiring, management approaches and patience.
—Bekhruz Nagzibekov, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Sam Lee, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
But with the way the once-bankable Danaher has tested our patience and been such a poor-performing stock, Tuesday’s results and outlook mean a bit more.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2025
Because the event is so popular, participating shop owners advise crawlers to have patience.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2025
Creating an effective back office requires experimenting with hiring, management approaches and patience.
—Bekhruz Nagzibekov, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for patience
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patience
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That business model has pushed Roku to experiment with new ways of showing ads that test users’ tolerance.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2025
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Its salt tolerance, the authors suggest, was lost in later alligators but maintained in crocodiles.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Patience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patience. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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