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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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yielding

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noun

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Recent Examples of yielding
Verb
Net interest income for the quarter was $72.2 million, compared to $62.2 million in the previous year, driven by growth in higher yielding loans, primarily from CCBX. Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024 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
Noun
Dart then assumed the backup’s role, yielding to the veteran Russell when the regular season began earlier this month. Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 2025 While commercial deployment timelines remain uncertain, this research demonstrates that fuel cell performance barriers are yielding to creative engineering solutions. Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for yielding
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yielding
Adjective
  • But there is a weariness here, too, a resigned cynicism that carries the film into its second act, which zooms ahead some 15 years and finds Perfidia’s child, Willa (Chase Infiniti), now a teenager living in hiding with her father, Bob.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Just 14 yards on resigned run plays were, however, according to Pro Football Focus.
    Oliver Thomas, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The charred, partially burned church was still visible, and the pickup truck that crashed through the door just a day ago was outside, with two American flags hanging limp in the truck bed.
    Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • While its focus is on anti-inflammatory philosophy, dining here is surprisingly the opposite of the usual detox clinic fare, without a limp salad leaf in sight.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Everything has broken right for Egbuka since the moment he was drafted, with Chris Godwin having a setback from his 2024 injury, Jalen McMillan severely injuring his neck and then Mike Evans succumbing to his annual hamstring injury.
    Michael Salfino, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Alas, Waller wasn’t targeted again and the Dolphins punted on six of their final seven possessions, succumbing 27-24 in a gut-wrenching loss at Carolina to fall to 1-4.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ross is also taller, giving officers more viewing coverage above crowds than Walking Horses, which can be as short as 14 hands, or 4 feet, 9 inches tall.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Free friendship bracelets at Insomnia Cookies Meanwhile, Insomnia Cookies is giving customers free friendship bracelets for the day.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • Defense lawyers also sought to bolster their argument by submitting more than 75 letters of support from Combs' family, former employees, friends and nearly a dozen inmates who have taken his business management class in prison.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Starting on Friday, anyone interested in applying for the role as interim county executive can apply on the county clerk’s website, submitting a short application and resume, McGee said.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • Scores of employees put their houses on the market at once, causing prices to drop and sales to slow.
    Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Salmon said his counselor suggested his attraction to men was his father’s fault because his job kept him away from home a lot, causing Salmon to identify more with his mother.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Those traditional systems are now collapsing alongside aquifers, and ancient settlements in Yazd in central Iran, Kerman in southeast Iran, and Khorasan in northeastern Iran have been abandoned as qanats dried up, aquifers caved in, and land subsided.
    Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the homes now collapsing were once a few lots back from the beach, local residents told USA TODAY.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the meantime, Kraft can leave more money behind for his extended family, approximately $740 million, without relinquishing control of the team.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • At first glance, Beijing’s willingness to play ball on TikTok looks like a sharp reversal from its years of resistance to relinquishing control over the viral video app – the first global social media hit to come out of China.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025

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