How to Use yielding in a Sentence
yielding
adjective- The seat was made with a soft and yielding material.
- She has a gentle, yielding temperament.
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Did Philip consider the modern world too thin, too soft, and too yielding for his taste?
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2021
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The banana and white chocolate bread pudding is dense, yielding, creamy, rich and right at home as a finale on this menu.
—Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 22 Oct. 2020
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Some of the higher yielding lending pools are for those lending in Polkadot (DOT).
—Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 6 June 2021
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The assets remain some of the region’s highest yielding.
—John Ainger, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2021
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Two of them present whole favas, yielding but also retaining some chew, dressed with olive oil, garlic, diced tomatoes and chiles.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
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The concentration of low-yielding, 50+-year-old vines is on display in this flagship Pinot from Benovia.
—Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2022
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But many of those higher yielding bonds are in thin or quirky markets, making them potentially hard to trade.
—Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2019
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Yield10’s initial focus has been to develop very high yielding and high oil content versions that could be used to make biodiesel and jet fuel.
—Steven Savage, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
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The seeds of high yielding variety (HYV) crops supplied by the government, which are what’s available in the market, couldn’t save us from regular crop loss.
—Basudev Mahapatra, Quartz India, 11 Feb. 2020
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At the same time, persistent demand for higher yielding bonds has helped the 10-year yield stay within a narrow range, seldom reaching above 2.4%.
—Daniel Kruger, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2017
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Tossed in oil and roasted until caramelized and yielding, the cooked carrots provide a meaty backbone to this vegetarian dish.
—Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2022
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Bake, uncovered, an additional 15 to 20 minutes, until the potatoes are soft and yielding and slightly crisped on the surface.
—Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2019
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Many of the negative yielding bonds have a short duration, only about one or two years, so the odds of a default or spike in yields (with the European Central Bank hinting at a rate cut) in that time span are pretty low.
—Allison Schrager, Quartz, 18 July 2019
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Owners of real estate will receive income payments through rents and leases that are often higher yielding than bonds.
—Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes, 2 June 2021
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On the other hand, gold is a non-yielding asset, so if the Fed is indicating Treasury yields might be ticking up sooner rather than later, there might be greener pastures elsewhere.
—Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 18 June 2021
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Ullmark has registered nine consecutive wins, yielding but 12 goals over that stretch.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2022
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The variety is fickle, sensitive to inclement weather and often low-yielding.
—Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 June 2021
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Similarly, the dry conditions of this year's growing season have likely already determined that 2022's harvest will be low-yielding as well.
—Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2021
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With the Fed raising rates at a faster than anticipated pace to fight surging inflation, investors are moving out of risky, non-yielding assets such as cryptocurrency.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 22 June 2022
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Try toys that are made of more yielding materials like flexible silicone or cyberskin, instead of ones made of glass, wood, metal or, gods forbid, plastic.
—Anna Pulley, chicagotribune.com, 18 Dec. 2020
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Though the tree is native to Southeast Asia, in the last few years jackfruit has become popular in the United States as a vegan alternative to al pastor, pulled pork and other meaty dishes, making the most of its yielding but structured texture.
—New York Times, 26 May 2021
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The deepest, oldest layers of sediment had hardened, yielding chunks with artifacts studding their surfaces.
—Emily Elert, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2012
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Retailers are hoping the renovation will draw money yielding-crowds.
—Dee Depass, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
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Second, higher rates increase the opportunity cost of investing in non-yielding assets such as Bitcoin.
—Vildana Hajric, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2022
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As for the food, the first courses were promising — the updated Waldorf aromatic and refreshing, the gumbo spicy — but the overly yielding sandwiches seemed designed for the gumming capacities of an aging demographic.
—Fox, Town & Country, 21 Nov. 2012
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Shorter-term bonds are less affected by a move in longer-term interest rates, and lower credit quality, higher yielding bonds are typically impacted less.
—Mark Avallone, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
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High yielding and indeterminate varieties appear to be more susceptible.
—oregonlive, 18 July 2021
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Allaire says Circle may offer up interest rates around 4%-to-7%, a potentially attractive option for corporate treasuries otherwise stuck in the generally low-to-negative yielding world of traditional finance.
—Robert Hackett, Fortune, 24 June 2021
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