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Term: Patience test

Description:

A patience test refers to an activity or situation that assesses one's ability to remain calm, composed, and tolerant in the face of difficulties, delays, or challenges.

Examples:

Noun:

• The waiting room at the doctor's office can sometimes feel like a patience test.
• Completing a 1,000-piece puzzle is a great patience test.

Adjective:

• The long and tedious process of organizing the files proved to be a patience-testing experience.
• Participating in a marathon is not only a physical challenge but also a patience-test for the runners.

Verb:

• The teacher regularly uses timed quizzes to patience test the students' ability to think under pressure.
• During the team-building exercise, the facilitator designed a series of challenges to patience test the participants.

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