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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
But in a wide-ranging, half-hour interview, Jolly said Floridians are waking up to the other trends in Florida under Republican rule: The Sunshine State is becoming less affordable, less tolerant and less accommodating to those who don’t share the governor’s religious and ideological beliefs.
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Vivienne Serret, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
The breed is tolerant of human activities, and are known to nest in neighborhoods with a park-like setting, or over roofs or driveways of homes, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Hummingbirds are very tolerant of people and often nest in hanging flower baskets or shrubbery just outside of your windows.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
Even drought tolerant trees need a long drink to survive.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
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Vivienne Serret, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
The breed is tolerant of human activities, and are known to nest in neighborhoods with a park-like setting, or over roofs or driveways of homes, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Hummingbirds are very tolerant of people and often nest in hanging flower baskets or shrubbery just outside of your windows.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
Even drought tolerant trees need a long drink to survive.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tolerant
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Their data set was also developed using images from a diverse patient population, unlike older models built on data primarily from racially homogenous populations.—
Adaira Landry,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Doctors have a legal obligation to not talk about things like patient interactions, diagnosis, and treatments.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 July 2025
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If 28 Days Later presaged our post-9/11 paranoia and dread, 28 Years Later settles into the resigned gloom of our modern age, where everything is rubbish and only getting worse.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
20 June 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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Whether your preference is seaside towns, Olympic stadiums, stoic statues or artistic arches, Greece has plenty to fill your cellphone’s camera roll and offer you an unforgettable experience.—
Tracy Scott Forson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 July 2025
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The wildcard: Swiatek, normally stoic and focused on the court, has occasionally seemed distracted or at odds with herself this season.—
Corey Seymour,
Vogue,
11 July 2025
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The scale asks whether a respondent tends to prefer children who are obedient, well behaved and well mannered or children who are independent, creative and considerate.—
Adam Eichen,
The Conversation,
11 June 2025
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Those who tend to favor obedient children are scored as having more authoritarian views.—
Adam Eichen,
The Conversation,
11 June 2025
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The same goes for using passive language or not taking ownership of what went wrong.—
Ashton Jackson,
CNBC,
7 July 2025
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Meet your new manager: software that watches, scores, and reports Modern AI systems are no longer passive dashboards.—
Andrew Fennell,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Where Chelsea’s domestic overseers have been largely acquiescent to their accounting ingenuity, the same can’t be said abroad.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 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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“Tolerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tolerant. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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