as in tolerance
the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining
the teacher's patience is being sorely tested this year by several parents who seem to have no interest in their children's education
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Recent Examples of patience
Being a Southern surfer requires a bit more patience and ingenuity than is expected of athletes who live in West Coast locales like California and Hawaii.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 May 2025
With routine, practice, and lots of patience, your cats, too, can join you in your outdoor activities.
—Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 25 May 2025
As visitors head to the area for the holiday weekend, Cox urged patience and caution.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
Summer family travel doesn’t have to drain your bank account or patience.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 May 2025
With routine, practice, and lots of patience, your cats, too, can join you in your outdoor activities.
—Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 25 May 2025
As visitors head to the area for the holiday weekend, Cox urged patience and caution.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
Summer family travel doesn’t have to drain your bank account or patience.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for patience
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patience
tolerance
Noun
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Governance structures should include review cycles, simulation environments and risk tolerance thresholds.—
Premsai Ranga,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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First Lady Melania Trump dismissed claims that her husband's feud with Harvard is about something other than the school's tolerance of antisemitism.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
29 May 2025
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“Patience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patience. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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