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noun

yielding

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verb

present participle of yield
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as in giving
to produce as revenue I expect that stock to yield at least 14% profit this year

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as in indulging
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 yielding
Adjective
Pau noted the rich Chinese are shifting toward capital preservation and higher yielding, low-risk products such as U.S. treasuries, especially after having experienced losses in real estate and domestic equities. Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 29 July 2024 Or even one in which religion is soft and yielding, called to comfort, rather than afflict. Michelle Dowd, Time, 14 June 2023
Verb
Much of his support came tumbling down in the last year after backlash over some of his compromises, including aiding Ukraine against conservative wishes and yielding to Elon Musk on short-term spending. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025 The firm’s net interest income has taken a beating in recent quarters as customers move their deposits to higher-yielding alternatives. Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for yielding
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yielding
Adjective
  • His resigned air in the press conference felt like a man who had too much to juggle to cross over the line first.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • In recent weeks, a number of artists canceled planned appearances and resigned positions associated with the center.
    Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • When Nichols goes limp, he is handcuffed and leaned against an unmarked squad car.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 May 2025
  • The video shows Black’s body apparently going limp as officers raise his torso back up and strap his arms to the chair.
    Joe Kottke, NBC news, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Police believe many surrenders are made by people who have no license to carry the guns or might have obtained them illegally.
    David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
  • As France prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender to Allied forces, survivors of World War II reflect on painful memories of fear, deprivation and persecution shaped by the German occupation of the country and the deportation of Jews and others to death camps.
    Sylvie Corbet, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Verb
  • The church's front doors lay in pieces, succumbing to the flames and the pressure of the water.
    Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Frey said believes Hoover slipped on the ice, fell to the ground and was unable to get back up before succumbing to harsh weather conditions.
    Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Red Bull has always hailed its staffing strength in depth, but these slip-ups were costly and came a week on from a slow pit stop giving Norris the chance to attack at the Suzuka pit exit.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • And makes a funny joke about giving Glenn Close an Oscar.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Residing or working in the country without legal status and submitting false documents to government authorities for a range of benefits or for employment is already a federal crime.
    Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • After submitting those contributions for public matching funds, the Adams campaign raked in an additional $22,000 in taxpayers’ cash off of them, records show.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • This pre-dates the casual fashions that would take hold during the 1960s, eventually collapsing traditional dressiness by the 1970s, making Sumbariners and GMT Masters the thing to wear.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse On March 26, a container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, collapsing the bridge and killing six construction workers who were filling potholes on the span.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • For the Thunder to turn a defensive liability into one of the best defenders in all of basketball, without relinquishing a single draft pick, has to go down as one of the biggest steals of the 2024-2025 NBA season.
    Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • There’s that relinquishing control of the messaging, though!
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024

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“Yielding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yielding. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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