Example Sentences

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“Investors have tolerated META’s significant capex/expense ramp on the belief it will drive sustained high-teens revenue growth; however, mgmt. is seemingly acknowledging this might not happen,” he said.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

“On one hand, I keep thinking, ‘I should have tolerated it, because I needed the work.’

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

They called PEN’s decision a betrayal of its principles and said that PEN should not have tolerated guests being barred from speaking “because someone else doesn’t want them to.”

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2023

Without them, the NFL might have tolerated his delinquency forever.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2023

She was always trying to please me—sometimes too hard—but her intentions were kind, and only someone who loved me would have tolerated how mean I had been to her in both little and large ways.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter