yielding
Americanadjective
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inclined to give in; submissive; compliant.
a timid, yielding man.
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tending to give way, especially under pressure; flexible; supple; pliable.
a yielding mattress.
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(of a crop, soil, etc.) producing a yield; productive.
adjective
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compliant, submissive, or flexible
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pliable or soft
a yielding material
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Etymology
Origin of yielding
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English: “owing”; yield + -ing 2
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A 10-year Treasury yielding more than 5% starts looking awfully attractive to retirees, pension funds, insurers, foreign institutions and anyone else searching for dependable income.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The satire from director Alejandro González Iñárritu about an impending climate change apocalypse has divided critics, yielding very mixed reviews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Rapid nanoparticle growth enabled survival to sizes that efficiently deposit throughout the human respiratory system, yielding inhalation dose rates comparable to or exceeding those from primary combustion sources such as traffic emissions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
While many on Wall Street are warning that high rates could pull money out of the stock market and into higher yielding bonds, so far that hasn’t materialized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
I slung Héctor over my shoulder, his baby body yielding onto mine.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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