yield
verb (used with object)
to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation.
yields
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pluralof yield.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof yield (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
yieldverb (used with object)to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation.
Example Sentences
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The rise in yields comes despite little change in expectations for growth in gross domestic product or inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
The AI run-up has occurred against a backdrop in which investors face such challenges as surging bond yields, which are pushing prices of that debt lower and making stocks appear more expensive, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
Back on Wall Street, investors have been sweating higher oil prices and a global bond selloff that pushed Treasury yields to fresh two-decade highs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Dividend ETFs from SPDR, iShares, and Schwab offer yields at least three times the S&P 500’s current level.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
“As soon as we used deuterons,” Livingston recalled, “we got enormous yields of reactions that had never been seen before.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
