pain threshold
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“While markets certainly will continue to rise and fall, the pain threshold where policymakers step in to support collapsing markets is probably lower than it used to be,” they said in the note.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
“Paramount needs to test Netflix’s pain threshold without having to bid too high,” Yoon wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
“And over time, the pain threshold will increase even more.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024
Instead, the agency explained that "everyone's pain threshold is different" and the breast cancer-screening procedure is more often described as "temporary discomfort."
From Salon • Jul. 21, 2023
He also cannot sleep without medication and doesn't have much of a pain threshold.
From BBC • May 10, 2023
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