1
as in endurable
capable of being endured
stubbing your toe is at least a more tolerable pain than breaking your foot
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as in adequate
of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards
the accommodations are tolerable though not exactly luxurious
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Recent Examples of tolerable
Mom took back the house the minute the temps hit tolerable levels and the sun began peeking out.
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
Remember that the tolerable upper intake level (UL) of magnesium from supplements for adults is 350 mg.
—Megan Nunn, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 10 Mar. 2025
Musk’s position in the White House might teach us that disruption is more tolerable in our social networks than in our Social Security checks.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2025
What to watch: This is still a massive market with a number of drug candidates under development that could make these drugs easier, cheaper and more tolerable to use.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
Remember that the tolerable upper intake level (UL) of magnesium from supplements for adults is 350 mg.
—Megan Nunn, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 10 Mar. 2025
Musk’s position in the White House might teach us that disruption is more tolerable in our social networks than in our Social Security checks.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2025
What to watch: This is still a massive market with a number of drug candidates under development that could make these drugs easier, cheaper and more tolerable to use.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tolerable
Adjective
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His comments come as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman brokered a meeting between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov this week in Riyadh to devise an endurable end to the war in Ukraine.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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But for the past few weeks, it's made being trapped on the couch much more endurable, and even enjoyable, for me and my family.—
Adrienne So,
WIRED,
1 Apr. 2020
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Production values are adequate, apart from the occasional iffy digital effect.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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Concerns have been raised about DOGE operatives, many with ties to Musk's companies, gaining access to sensitive government data without adequate oversight or experience.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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Lake is a haven of loungewear that is stylish, sustainable, and supremely comfortable, and this roomy cardigan is an excellent travel layer to have on hand.—
Amy Louise Bailey,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Apr. 2025
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the U.S. shrimp industry is fully sustainable — one of the most sustainable in the world.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Apr. 2025
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The Seagate Expansion desktop hard drive stores a ridiculous 28 terabytes of data inside its relatively small footprint, with decent speed for a drive of this type and simple setup on both Windows and iOS machines.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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His character is a foreman, a father, a friend — just a decent, salt-of-the-earth dude, albeit one with a Costco-sized body count from his distant past.—
John DeVore,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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My time away for college had been bearable, permissible.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
2 Apr. 2025
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New prisons and jails should consider design principles that would make living in them, however temporarily, as bearable and undisruptive as possible by focusing on creating rehabilitative conditions.—
Abdallah Fayyad,
Vox,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The sound from the optional Bose 12-speaker upgrade is satisfactory.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Yet a great deal remained to be paid with funds expected after the submission of satisfactory progress reports.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And written by two of the finest Canadian imports in the TV game: Justified creator Graham Yost and Moira Walley-Beckett, who wrote the Breaking Bad installment Rolling Stone once dubbed the best episode in television history.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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On the bright side, healthy lifestyle choices, such as a good diet and regular exercise, offer even greater heart health protection for women.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
Health,
2 Apr. 2025
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Regular soup consumption has also been associated with a higher intake of vitamins and a lower risk of obesity, which are certainly good reasons to pick up a spoon.—
Vicky Hallett,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Tolerable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tolerable. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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