yank
verb (used with or without object)
to pull or remove abruptly and vigorously.
have yanked
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present perfectof yank.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Concerns that old IT tools will become obsolete, stressing software borrowers, are part of the reason individual investors have yanked money from BDCs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Investors have yanked roughly a net $1 billion from the funds in the past week alone, according to FactSet.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
Investors have yanked $70 billion from emerging market bond funds so far in 2022 , according to data from JPMorgan, which pegs year-end outflows at $80 billion.
From Reuters ● Oct. 14, 2022
In the nearly eight months since white supremacists marched in central Virginia to protest the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue, cities across the country have yanked dozens of Confederate monuments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2018
Half a minute sooner, and I could have yanked out your light boat—all set up—and picked him up.
From Down the Yellowstone by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman
