yielded

past tense of yield
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as in gave
to produce as revenue I expect that stock to yield at least 14% profit this year

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as in submitted
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) after initially balking at the order, the soldier yielded when the commanding officer threatened a formal charge of insubordination

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as in indulged
to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly she yielded herself to temptation and booked a month-long vacation in the Bahamas like she'd wanted to for years

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Recent Examples of yielded Sugano has yielded 18 home runs in 17 starts, allowing multiple homers in back-to-back starts and permitting at least one in five straight. Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026 Sky-high expectations for radical change at the start of the administration yielded some dramatic shifts on vaccine recommendations, nutrition guidelines, pharmaceutical regulation, and agricultural policy. Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026 Unity Medical Center denied responsibility for the incident, asserting that an internal review yielded no evidence showing hospital personnel were at fault. Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026 Weeks after an 18-year-old’s body was found floating face-down near an island off the Mississippi coast, an independent autopsy requested by his family has yielded no solid answers about what led to his death. Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 22 July 2026 Adopting the gold logo patch concept for NFL and NBA products has also yielded seven-figure sales in the past couple of months. Larry Holder, New York Times, 21 July 2026 Talks between Ladakhi representatives and the central government during this time yielded no significant results. Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026 Both reached the round of thirty-two, which had never occurred before this summer, and arguably yielded some of the best contests, proof of the levelling quality of the game worldwide. Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 From one full-up charge, a mixture of suburban and highway driving yielded 320 total miles (514 km) of range. ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yielded
Verb
  • Then England took the lead and, within sight of the final, succumbed to doubt.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • The side tried their best to shake off the summer cobwebs in this friendly against Championship side Wrexham, but ultimately succumbed to a 1-0 defeat.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Verb
  • Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
  • Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
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  • In a filing submitted July 6, ABC argued the issue had already been settled, pointing to a 2002 FCC decision granting the program that exemption.
    Tiago Ventura, Time, 17 July 2026
  • City planning staff member Katelyn Davison told City Council that when the application for the storage site was first submitted in September 2025, the area had been planned to be used to build a community center.
    Noah Daly July 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • The extradition process can take months, depending on what challenges are brought, legal experts said.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Ukraine’s creative utilization of drones has ignited a surging fuel crisis across the Russian Federation that has brought the war front and center to the Russian people for the first time.
    Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
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  • By reproducing Campbell’s soup cans and Marilyn Monroe portraits at industrial scale, Warhol collapsed the distinction between commerce and culture, suggesting that mass production and repetition could become a form of value in itself.
    Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 21 July 2026
  • The country’s power grid collapsed three times this month, while water service, food production, transportation, garbage collection and medical services have been severely disrupted.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
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  • The sculptures were among 34 Southeast Asian antiquities voluntarily relinquished by the collector in 2021 after investigators determined they had been looted.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • In 2021, the unnamed collector who bought them voluntarily relinquished for repatriation nearly three dozen Cambodian and Southeast Asian antiquities purchased from Latchford between 2003 and 2007.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Within the home, the dogs were indulged to an unusual degree, holding status as nearly full members of the family.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • Portugal, as our crew wrote, indulged Ronaldo and paid the price.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Then the rains returned, and the home was destroyed again, worse than before.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • On Sunday, however, the agency backtracked and said a test of the brand’s lettuce for the cyclospora parasite had returned a false positive.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

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“Yielded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yielded. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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