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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
White spends the first several episodes introducing and reintroducing viewers to his latest group of wealth-weary guests and the preternaturally tolerant staff who dote on them.
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Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Saudi textbooks have become much more tolerant of other religions.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
There were Reagan Republicans and liberal Democrats, but the prevailing political vibe was tolerant and democratic.
—Tim Golden, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025
Technology tests in include regolith sampling, regolith adherence, Global Navigation Satellite System abilities, radiation tolerant computing, and dust mitigation using electrodynamic fields.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Saudi textbooks have become much more tolerant of other religions.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
There were Reagan Republicans and liberal Democrats, but the prevailing political vibe was tolerant and democratic.
—Tim Golden, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025
Technology tests in include regolith sampling, regolith adherence, Global Navigation Satellite System abilities, radiation tolerant computing, and dust mitigation using electrodynamic fields.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tolerant
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Three doctors who research or treat liver disease said that complications, such as infections or blood clots, are somewhat expected after a transplant, but patient outcomes are generally positive.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Cambridge is the perfect place to test out this technology because the Cambridge Biomedical Campus is a hub for world-class biomedical research, patient care and education.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Some of the more jarring sequences remain amusing despite their brashness: At one point, for example, Mickey narrates a shocking vignette—about a psychopath on Earth who printed multiple copies of himself to carry out grisly murders—with the resigned, wary tone of an office worker.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
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The goat had a resigned look in her eyes as the rancher pressed her udder and aimed a stream of milk into a tall cup.—
Daniel Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Silence appears to be a natural response to Shula (a stoic but trembling Susan Chardy).—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
4 Mar. 2025
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But that strife has hardened her, and the woman holding the gun this time is more stoic about her kill.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2025
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His oxygen tank sat at his knees like an obedient mastiff.—
Brandon Taylor,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2025
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Anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.—
Bebe Hodges,
USA TODAY,
15 Nov. 2024
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The work of those academics, who have all had roles at Dimensional over the years, helped push the investment world away from traditional stock picking and toward passive, low-cost strategies.—
Bob Pisani,Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
7 Mar. 2025
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Needless to say, ISPs can’t only rely on passive customer acquisition.—
Molly Peck,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 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 12 Mar. 2025.
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