Example Sentences

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But over the past few years, it has been yielding Hubble constant values in line with Planck's.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 8, 2017

Piece by piece — a finger bone here, a toe there — the nearby Denisova cave has been yielding clues central to this scientific narrative.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2016

That’s largely because the new ability to blend pattern recognition algorithms and vast data sets has been yielding spectacular results in the last half-decade.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2016

If you look at history, Asia has been yielding over the years 75 to 100 basis points higher than the U.S.

From BusinessWeek • May 16, 2011

There is that in his breast forbidding sleep, and he is but too glad when Woodley’s next words arouse him from the torpid repose to which he has been yielding.

From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne