Example Sentences

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For instance, Forney Independent School District issued 30-year bonds to yield 5.03% They were yielding 4.29% this week.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

It was not clear if those efforts were yielding any progress.

From Washington Times • Oct. 28, 2023

And by the 19th century, wonder cabinets were yielding to what we now think of as the modern, encyclopedic museum.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

“I think that split-second we were yielding for a potential person crossing the crosswalk,” said Nathaniel Fairfield, a Google team leader who was conducting the test drive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2015

She did not answer, but as he looked at her it seemed to him that something in her softened, as though a bitter frost were yielding at the first faint presage of Spring.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien