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yielding

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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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Examples of yielding in a Sentence

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Adjective
Sure enough, the taco was extra warm and yielding, and the flavors—the flour and the char, the faint and sweet minerality of the potato, the spice and fat of the chorizo—all blurred together, a perfect harmonic chord. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2024 Now 48, DiCaprio is about twice as old as the real Ernest was at the time, and age has made his face more yielding and eloquent. Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023 Carney said White enslavers appropriated the knowledge curated by African rice growers and forced them to plant new, higher yielding varieties of rice brought from other countries. Chandelis Duster, CNN, 30 Sep. 2023 The Federal Reserve’s steep rate hikes have spurred depositors to move money into higher yielding alternatives like Treasurys. Rachel Louise Ensign, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for yielding 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yielding
Adjective
  • Crowds gathering for the Royal Horticultural Society’s Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival on the sprawling palace grounds reached into backpacks for umbrellas with the resigned look of people attending a supremely English occasion designed to be held in sunshine.
    Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The second-year Chicago Bears cornerback let out a resigned sigh and laugh.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Amika Big Hit Volumizing Shampoo energizes limp strands, boosts volume to over twice their usual thickness, and eliminates excess sebum that could drag your hair down.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Penny pinned Neely to the ground with the help of two other passengers, and placed him in a chokehold for more than three minutes until Neely’s body went limp.
    Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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  • Yet there are times when that surrender comes with misgivings attached.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Wilson was known for helping facilitate the safe surrender of multiple minorities accused of crimes.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Even so, our exercises did not suggest that any authoritarian would command a uniformly obedient federal workforce.
    Barton Gellman, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
  • In this election year, there is nothing more slavishly obedient than indifference.
    Robert Repino, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024
Adjective
  • This is also known as click-murmur syndrome, Barlow's syndrome, balloon mitral valve, or floppy valve syndrome.
    Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
  • This type of tie has a soft, floppy bow at the neck that can be tied in numerous ways.
    Therèsa M. Winge, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024
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  • These nuns will also act as silent servants, ferrying the men’s food from kitchen to table with cheerful acquiescence.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Indeed, acquiescence is its own form of tacit support.
    Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Human Interaction: The Power of Relational Learning Learning is not a passive activity.
    William Arruda, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Instead, a more passive approach tends to benefit most investors.
    Cheyenne DeVon, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Voting blocs: While much of the conversation in the closing days of the campaign has surrounded Harris’s soft support among men, Democrats argue that women have the chance to boost Harris.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Near the beginning of the night, before Rateliff had boomed his way into every nook and cranny of the X, a couple of softer songs verged on feeling thin.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 4 Nov. 2024

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